I Want to Be Happy by Chick Webb and His Orchestra

First released: 1990, Length: 4:31
1937-12-17, mx. 62886-A

Creators (16)

Instruments

1. Beverly Peer (17 Dec 1937) double bass
2. Bobby Johnson (17 Dec 1937) guitar
3. Bobby Stark (17 Dec 1937) trumpet
4. Buddy Johnson (17 Dec 1937) guitar
5. Chick Webb (17 Dec 1937) drums (drum set)
6. Garvin Bushell (17 Dec 1937) saxophone, reeds
7. Louis Jordan (17 Dec 1937) alto saxophone
8. Mario Bauzá (17 Dec 1937) trumpet
9. Nat Story (17 Dec 1937) trombone
10. Pete Clark (17 Dec 1937) alto saxophone
11. Sandy Williams (17 Dec 1937) trombone
12. Taft Jordan (17 Dec 1937) trumpet
13. Teddy McRae (17 Dec 1937) tenor saxophone
14. Tommy Fulford (17 Dec 1937) piano
15. Wayman Carver (17 Dec 1937) saxophone, tenor saxophone

Vocals

1. Ella Fitzgerald (17 Dec 1937)

Works (1)

Recording Of

1. I Want to Be Happy (17 Dec 1937) cover
   

   Composer

   1. Vincent Youmans

   Lyricist

   1. Irving Caesar
   2. Otto Harbach

Releases containing this recording (9)

Official

Album - Compilation

1. The Chronological Classics: Ella Fitzgerald 1937-1938 1990 Ella Fitzgerald
2. Rock It For Me 1994 Ella Fitzgerald
3. The Chronological Classics: Ella Fitzgerald 1937-1938 19 Nov 1996 Ella Fitzgerald
4. Swingsation: Ella Fitzgerald With Chick Webb 16 Jun 1998 Ella Fitzgerald & Chick Webb
5. The Chronological Classics: Ella Fitzgerald, Volume 1: 1935-1941 2000 Ella Fitzgerald
6. Stomping at the Savoy 23 Jan 2006 Chick Webb and His Orchestra
7. The Complete Chick Webb & Ella Fitzgerald Decca Sessions (1934–1941) 2013 Ella Fitzgerald and Chick Webb
8. Swingsation: Ella Fitzgerald With Chick Webb 23 Nov 2018 Ella Fitzgerald with Chick Webb

Album - Soundtrack

1. Joy (Music from the Motion Picture) 28 Dec 2015 Various Artists