My Happiness (Bergantine-Peterson) by Ella Fitzgerald with The Song Spinners

A 1948 ‘recording ban’ hit, performed a cappella (no musical instruments).* Though trailing the Pied Pipers and Jon and Sondra Steele versions (also posted), this all-vocal record by Ella and The Song Spinners reached top-10 on the sales, jukebox and airplay charts. Ten years later another girl singer--named Connie--would return “My Happiness” to the upper reaches of the best-sellers.

* During the nearly year-long strike by James C. Petrillo’s American Federation of Musicians, new vocal recordings for commercial release could be produced only as a cappella (all vocal...no instruments) or using such lesser, ‘union-approved’ tools as harmonicas, ukuleles and toy xylophones.

THE 1948 HITS ARCHIVE - here in one place, a good-quality library of original-release-version best-sellers and songs that made an impact that were either released or enjoyed a major chunk of their popularity within the calendar year 1948 (some were recorded in 1947). .
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The three* MusicProf channels are home to The HITS ARCHIVES, YouTube’s most comprehensive collection of U.S. ‘popular music’ recordings from 1925 thru 1975. Discover thousands of original hit versions, conveniently arranged in year-by-year playlists and sorted alphabetically in your choice of either song title or artist name. Simply visit this channel’s home page (here: [ Ссылка ] ), scroll down the rows of playlist categories, choose a favorite year, click on “view full playlist,” and then pick out the songs that you want to hear. Enjoy the music!

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