Happiness Is a Thing Called Joe

About Happiness Is a Thing Called Joe

"Happiness is a Thing Called Joe" is a song composed by Harold Arlen, with lyrics written by Yip Harburg, it was written for the 1943 film musical Cabin in the Sky, recorded by the MGM Studio Orchestra and sung by Ethel Waters. The song was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Song in 1943 but lost out to “You'll Never Know”. The song has subsequently been recorded by a multitude of artists including Peggy Lee, Ella Fitzgerald, Judy Garland and Nancy Wilson.

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1993

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It seem like happiness is jus' a thing called Joe
He got a smile that make the lilac want to grow
He got a way that make the angels heave a sigh
When they know little Joe's passing by

Sometime the cabin gloomy and the table bare
Soon he kiss me and it's Christmas everywhere
Trouble fly away and life is easy go

Does he love me good? That's all I has to know
Seem like happiness is jus' a thing called Joe
Seem like happiness is jus' a thing called Joe
Little Joe, little Joe, little Joe

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Ella Fitzgerald

Ella Jane Fitzgerald (April 25, 1917 – June 15, 1996), also known as the "First Lady of Song", "Queen of Jazz", and "Lady Ella", was an American jazz and song vocalist. With a vocal range spanning three octaves (D♭3 to D♭6), she was noted for her purity of tone, impeccable diction, phrasing and intonation, and a "horn-like" improvisational ability, particularly in her scat singing. more »

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