Happy Street (Stevie Wonder)

Happy Street
	Single van:; Stevie Wonder
	Van het album:; Stevie at the Beach
B-kant(en)	"Sad Boy"
Uitgebracht	14 september 1964
Soort drager	7"-single
Label	Tamla 54103
Schrijver(s)	Ben Peters
Stevie Wonder
Portaal	Muziek

"Happy Street" is een door Ben Peters geschreven liedje. Een vertolking door Stevie Wonder werd op 14 september 1964 door Tamla Records als single uitgebracht.^[1] Op de B-kant stond het door Dorsey Burnette en Gerald Nelson geschreven "Sad Boy". Het stond ook op het album Stevie at the Beach, dat in juni 1964 werd uitgebracht. "Happy Street" was de eerste single van Wonder die niet in het Verenigd Koninkrijk werd uitgebracht en tevens zijn eerste single sinds "Fingertips" die de hitlijsten niet wist te bereiken.^[1] Wonder trad met het liedje op aan het einde van zijn eerste film, Muscle Beach Party.^[2]

Covers

Slim Whitman bereikte met zijn vertolking in 1968 de 22ste plaats in de Amerikaanse hitlijst voor countrymuziek.
Op het album Connie's Country (1969) van Connie Smith staat een cover van "Happy Street".
Een vertolking door Charley Pride staat op diens album Just Plain Charley uit 1970.

Bronnen, noten en/of referenties

↑ ^a ^b Elsner, Constanze (1977). Stevie Wonder, p. 69. Uitg.: Popular Library, ISBN 9780445043244.
↑ Bernardi, Daniel (2008). The persistence of whiteness: race and contemporary Hollywood cinema, p. 42. Uitg.: Taylor & Francis, ISBN 9780415774123.

[elsner-1] Elsner, Constanze (1977). Stevie Wonder, p. 69. Uitg.: Popular Library, ISBN 9780445043244.

[2] Bernardi, Daniel (2008). The persistence of whiteness: race and contemporary Hollywood cinema, p. 42. Uitg.: Taylor & Francis, ISBN 9780415774123.

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Studioalbums:	The Jazz Soul of Little Stevie (1962) · Tribute to Uncle Ray (1962) · With a Song in My Heart (1963) · Stevie at the Beach (1964) · Up-Tight (1966) · Down to Earth (1966) · I Was Made to Love Her (1967) · Someday at Christmas (1967) · Eivets Rednow (1968) · For Once in My Life (1968) · My Cherie Amour (1969) · Signed, Sealed & Delivered (1970) · Where I'm Coming From (1971) · Music of My Mind (1972) · Talking Book (1972) · Innervisions (1973) · Fulfillingness' First Finale (1974) · Songs in the Key of Life (1976) · Hotter than July (1980) · In Square Circle (1985) · Characters (1987) · Conversation Peace (1995) · A Time to Love (2005)
Livealbums:	The 12 Year Old Genius (1963) · Stevie Wonder Live (1970) · Live at the Talk of Town (1970) · Natural Wonder (1995)
Soundtracks:	Journey Through The Secret Life of Plants (1979) · The Woman in Red (1984) · Jungle Fever (1991)
Compilaties:	Looking Back (1977) · Stevie Wonder's Original Musiquarium (1982) · At the Close of a Century (1999) · The Definitive Collection (2002) · The Complete Stevie Wonder (2005) · Number Ones (2007)
Singles:	"I Call It Pretty Music, but the Old People Call It the Blues" (1962) · "Little Water Boy" (1962) · "Contract on Love" (1962) · "Fingertips" (1963) · "Workout Stevie, Workout" (1963) · "Castles in the Sand" (1964) · "Hey Harmonica Man" (1964) · "Happy Street" (1964) · "Kiss Me Baby" (1965) · "High Heel Sneakers" (1965) · "Uptight (Everything's Alright)" (1965) · "Nothing's Too Good for My Baby" (1966) · "Blowin' in the Wind" (1966) · "A Place in the Sun" (1966) · "Someday at Christmas" (1966) · "Travelin' Man" (1967) · "I Was Made to Love Her" (1967) · "I'm Wondering" (1967) · "Shoo-Be-Doo-Be-Doo-Da-Day" (1968) · "You Met Your Match" (1968) · "Alfie" (1968) · "For Once in My Life" (1968) · "I Don't Know Why" (1969) · "Yester-Me, Yester-You, Yesterday" (1969) · "Never Had a Dream Come True" (1970) · "Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours" (1970) · "Heaven Help Us All" (1970) · "We Can Work It Out" (1971) · "If You Really Love Me" (1971) · "What Christmas Means to Me" (1971) · "Superwoman (Where Were You)" (1972) · "Keep On Running" (1972) · "Superstition" (1972) · "You Are the Sunshine of My Life" (1973) · "Higher Ground" (1973) · "Living for the City" (1973) · "Don't you worry 'bout a thing" (1974) · "You Haven't Done Nothin'" (1974) · "Boogie on Reggae Woman" (1974) · "I Wish" (1976) · "Sir Duke" (1977) · "Another Star" (1977) · "As" (1977) · "Pops, We Love You" (1978) · "Send One Your Love" (1979) · "Outside My Window" (1980) · "Master Blaster (Jammin')" (1980) · "I Ain't Gonna Stand for It" (1980) · "Lately" (1981) · "Did I Hear You Say You Love Me" (1981) · "That Girl" (1981) · "Ebony and Ivory" (1982) · "Do I Do" (1982) · "Ribbon in the Sky" (1982) · "Used to Be" (1982) · "I Just Called to Say I Love You" (1984) · "Love Light in Flight" (1984) · "Don't Drive Drunk" (1984) · "We Are the World" (1985) · "Part-Time Lover" (1985) · "That's What Friends Are For" (1985) · "Go Home" (1985) · "Overjoyed" (1986) · "Land of La La" (1986) · "Skeletons" (1987) · "You Will Know" (1987) · "Get It" (1988) · "My Love" (1988) · "My Eyes Don't Cry" (1988) · "With Each Beat of My Heart" (1989) · "Keep Our Love Alive" (1990) · "Gotta Have You" (1991) · "Fun Day" (1991) · "These Three Words" (1991) · "We Didn't Know" (1992) · "For Your Love" (1995) · "Tomorrow Robins Will Sing" (1995) · "Treat Myself" (1995) · "Kiss Lonely Goodbye" (1996) · "How Come, How Long" (1996) · "From the Bottom of My Heart" (2005) · "So What the Fuss" (2005) · "Shelter in the Rain" (2005) · "Positivity" (2005)
Zie ook:	Discografie van Stevie Wonder · "My Cherie Amour"