C'mon...Get Happy!
1957 studio album by Nelson Riddle
C’mon . . . Get Happy! was Nelson Riddle ’s fourth studio album, released in October 1957.[ 1]
Origin
C’mon…Get Happy! followed quickly on the heels of Riddle's “Hey...Let Yourself Go! ,” which had been released six months earlier, in April 1957, and had enjoyed commercial success. The album liner notes characterized the new collection as “some of the brightest, most danceable music ever,” with “sparkling, up-tempo numbers.”[ 2]
Reception
One reviewer observed that “most of this album's 12 songs are upbeat and enthusiastic, and even the slower numbers boast a purposeful swing and the arrangements are punchy and gracefully embroidered with exceptional instrumental work from Riddle's studio orchestra.”[ 3]
Like “Hey…Let Yourself Go!”, “C’mon…Get Happy!” reached number 20 on the Billboard chart.[ 4]
Track listing
Side 1
Side 2
References
Albums
The Music from Oklahoma! (Capitol , 1955)
The Tender Touch (Capitol, 1956)
Hey...Let Yourself Go! (Capitol, 1957)
C'mon...Get Happy! (Capitol, 1957)
Sea of Dreams (Capitol, 1958)
The Joy of Living (Capitol, 1959)
Sing a Song with Riddle (Capitol, 1959)
Music of the Motion Picture "Can Can" (Capitol, 1960)
Original Music from The TV Show The Untouchables (Capitol, 1960)
Dance to the Music of "Tenderloin" (Capitol, 1961)
Love Tide (Capitol, 1961)
Magic Moments from "The Gay Life" (Capitol, 1961)
Route 66 Theme and Other Great TV Themes (Capitol, 1962)
Love Is a Game of Poker (Capitol, 1962)
More Hit TV Themes (Capitol, 1963)
The Best of Nelson Riddle (Capitol, 1963)
White on White, Shangri-La, Charade & Other Hits of 1964 (Reprise , 1964)
Original Music from The Rogues (RCA Victor , 1964)
Interprets Great Music, Great Films, Great Sounds (Reprise, 1964)
NAT: An Orchestral Portrait of Nat "King" Cole (Reprise, 1966)
Music for Wives and Lovers (Solid State , 1967)
The Bright and the Beautiful (Liberty , 1967)
The Riddle of Today (Liberty, 1968)
British Columbia Suite (Capilano, 1969)
Nelson Riddle Conducts The 101 Strings (Marble Arch, 1970)
Communication (MPS, 1971)
Changing Colors (MPS, 1972)
With Rosemary Clooney With Nat King Cole With Ella Fitzgerald With Linda Ronstadt With Frank Sinatra
Swing Easy! (Capitol, 1954)
Songs for Young Lovers (Capitol, 1954)
In the Wee Small Hours (Capitol, 1955)
Songs for Swingin' Lovers! (Capitol, 1956)
Close to You (Capitol, 1956)
A Swingin' Affair! (Capitol, 1956)
Frank Sinatra Sings for Only the Lonely (Capitol, 1958)
Nice 'n' Easy (Capitol, 1960)
Sinatra's Swingin' Session!!! (Capitol, 1960)
The Concert Sinatra (1963)
Sinatra's Sinatra (1963)
Sinatra Sings Days of Wine and Roses, Moon River, and Other Academy Award Winners (Reprise, 1964)
Strangers in the Night (Reprise, 1966)
Moonlight Sinatra (Reprise, 1966)
With Keely Smith With Ed Townsend
New In Town (Capitol, 1959)
Glad To Be Here (Capitol, 1959)
With others
Shirley Bassey , Let's Face the Music (Columbia , 1962)
Bing Crosby , Return to Paradise Islands (Reprise, 1964)
Judy Garland , Judy (1956)
Antônio Carlos Jobim , The Wonderful World of Antônio Carlos Jobim (Warner Bros., 1965)
Peggy Lee , The Man I Love (Capitol, 1957)
Dean Martin , This Time I'm Swingin'! (Capitol, 1960)
Johnny Mathis , I'll Buy You a Star (Capitol, 1962)
Oscar Peterson , Oscar Peterson and Nelson Riddle (Verve, 1964)
Mavis Rivers , Take a Number (Capitol, 1959)
Tommy Sands , When I'm Thinking of You (Capitol, 1959)
Dinah Shore , Dinah, Yes Indeed! (Capitol, 1959)
Phil Silvers , Phil Silvers and Swinging Brass (Columbia, 1957)