C'mon...Get Happy!

1957 studio album by Nelson Riddle
C’mon . . . Get Happy!
Studio album by
Nelson Riddle
Released1957
Recorded1957
StudioCapitol Records
GenreTraditional pop
Length35:53
LabelCapitol T-893
Nelson Riddle chronology
Hey...Let Yourself Go!
(1957) 		C’mon . . . Get Happy!
(1957) 		Sea of Dreams
(1958)

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

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Jeannine, I Dream of Lilac Time"Nat Shilkret, L. Wolfe Gilbert2:17
2."Without A Song"Billy Rose, Edward Eliscu, Vincent Youmans4:43
3."September In The Rain"Al Dubin, Harry Warren3:38
4."S'Posin'"Andy Razaf, Paul Denniker2:45
5."Am I Blue?"Grant Clarke, Harry Akst3:06
6."Rain"Eugene Ford2:38

Side 2

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."I'll Get By (As Long As I Have You)"Fred E. Ahlert, Roy Turk2:56
2."Diga Diga Do"Jimmy McHugh]], Dorothy Fields2:36
3."For All We Know 2:56"J. Fred Coots, Sam M. Lewis2:56
4."Time Was 2:48"Miguel Prado, S.K. Russell2:48
5."Something to Remember You By"Arthur Schwartz, Howard Dietz3:02
6."Get Happy"Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler2:38


References

  1. ^ "Capitol Kicks Off Lineup of 31 New Albums for October". The Cash Box. New York NY. October 12, 1957. p. 28.
  2. ^ C’mon…Get Happy! (LP record). Nelson Riddle. Hollywood, California: Capitol Records. 1957.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  3. ^ Mark Deming. "C'mon...Get Happy!". AllMusic.com. Retrieved March 3, 2023.
  4. ^ Levinson, Peter J. (2001). September in the Rain; The Life of Nelson Riddle. Billboard Books. p. 181. ISBN 0-8230-7672-5.
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