If You Wanna Be Happy - Music
If You Wanna Be Happy by Jimmy Soul
Jimmy Soul
Artist Biography For Jimmy Soul
Jimmy Soul August 24 1942 - June 25 1988 Born James McCleese In Weldon North Carolina Was A Vocalist. He Performed Gospel As A Teenager Later Scouted By Frank Guida And Recruited To Sing Songs Handpicked For One Of Guida's Other Hit Artists Gary U.S. Bonds. Soul Only Ever Had Two Chart Hits Both Which Were Bond's Cast-Offs "Twistin' Matilda" In 1962 And The Billboard Hot 100 Number One Hit "If You Wanna Be Happy" Based On The Calypso "Ugly Woman" By Roaring Lion In 1963. After Unsuccessfully Trying To Follow Up The Success Of Those Songs With One More Album He Gave Up His Career As A Musician And Joined The United States Army. He Died Of A Heart Attack In 1988.
Frogtoon Music - Song Info: If You Wanna Be Happy
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A Cover Of Duke Of Iron's Ugly Woman. The Track Was Featured On Soundtrack To The Film "Mermaids" 1990 .
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Biography - Jimmy Soul
Jimmy Soul August 24 1942 - June 25 1988 Born James McCleese In Weldon North Carolina Was A Vocalist. He Performed Gospel As A Teenager Later Scouted By Frank Guida And Recruited To Sing Songs Handpicked For One Of Guida's Other Hit Artists Gary U.S. Bonds. Soul Only Ever Had Two Chart Hits Both Which Were Bond's Cast-Offs "Twistin' Matilda" In 1962 And The Billboard Hot 100 Number One Hit "If You Wanna Be Happy" Based On The Calypso "Ugly Woman" By Roaring Lion In 1963. After Unsuccessfully Trying To Follow Up The Success Of Those Songs With One More Album He Gave Up His Career As A Musician And Joined The United States Army. He Died Of A Heart Attack In 1988.
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A cover of Duke of Iron's Ugly Woman.
The track was featured on soundtrack to the film "Mermaids" (1990). Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.