I Want to Be Happy Cha Cha's is a studio album of cha-cha-chá music by Enoch Light and The Light Brigade. It was released in 1959 on the Grand Award label (catalog no. G.A. 33-388).[1][2]
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Studio album by Enoch Light and The Light Brigade | |
Released | 1959 |
Label | Grand Award |
Following its release, Billboard magazine gave the album a rating of four stars and wrote: "Enoch Light has rounded up a great set of cha-cha arrangements . . . gathering a swinging group of ace sidemen, and added a stereo engineering job in the two-track version that will make woofer-and-tweeter addicts go misty-eyed."[3] It was also included in Billboard's "Album Spotlight Winners of the Month".[4] It debuted on the pop album chart on June 15, 1959, peaked at the No. 38 spot, and remained on the chart for two weeks.[5]
Track listing
editSide A
- "I Want To Be Happy Cha Cha" (Caesar, Youmans) [2:27]
- "Tremendo Cha Cha" (Blanco, Loco) [3:14]
- "Tea for Two Cha Cha" (Caesar, Youmans) [2:47]
- "Lover" (Rodgers, Hart) [2:40]
- "Yes Sir, That's My Baby" (Kahn, Donaldson) [2:24]
- "The Sheikh" (Wheeler, Smith, Snyder) [2:20]
Side B
- "Chiquita Cha Cha" (Light, Davies) [2:36]
- "Sweet and Gentle" (Portal) [2:59]
- "Cara Mia Cha Cha (Ciribiribin)" (Light, Davies) [2:19]
- "How High the Moon" (Lewis) [2:19]
- "Patricia" (Prado) [2:30]
- "Guaglione" (Franciulli, Nisa) [2:17]
References
edit- ^ Liner notes on back cover and inside the gatefold of the album.
- ^ "Enoch Light And The Light Brigade – I Want to Be Happy Cha Cha's". Discogs. Retrieved December 27, 2020.
- ^ "Reviews and Ratings of New Popular Albums". The Billboard. November 24, 1958. p. 27.
- ^ "Album Spotlight Winners of the Month". The Billboard. August 31, 1959. p. 45.
- ^ Joel Whitburn (1995). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Albums. Billboard Books. p. 181. ISBN 0823076318.
- ^ "I Want to Be Happy Cha Cha's". AllMusic. Retrieved December 27, 2020.