Australian singles charts:
You’ve Made Me So Very Happy entered the Kent charts on 19 April 1969 and peaked at #14. The song is #88 on the Top 100 of 1969.
Album:
The song is on Blood, Sweat & Tears which entered the Kent album charts on 7 June 1969 and peaked at #4.
Songwriters:
Berry Gordy Jr, Brenda Holloway, Patrice Holloway, Frank Wilson
Producer:
James William Guercio
Record label of Australian release:
CBS
Songfacts:
You’ve Made Me So Very Happy was originally recorded by Motown artist Brenda Holloway in 1967. Blood, Sweat & Tears founder and keyboard player Al Kooper came up with the idea to cover it but he left the group before they recorded it. His replacement, David Clayton-Thomas, took over and sang lead.
Blood, Sweat & Tears closed their Woodstock set with this song. They had the #1 album in America at the time so being wildly popular, they commanded a premium fee: $15,000, which was second only to Jimi Hendrix. Unfortunately for BS&T, they were never paid (the festival lost money) and were not included in the film, since they would have been owed a portion of the receipts had they appeared.
Read more: www.songfacts.com/facts/blood-sweat-tears/youve-made-me-so-very-happy
Lyrics:
I lost at love before
Got mad and closed the door
But you said try just once more
I chose you for the one
Now I′m having so much fun
You treated me so kind
I’m about to lose my mind
You made me so very happy
I′m so glad you came into my life
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This song is also on our Spotify playlist Bang a Gong – the 60s
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Hi-De-Ho
Lucretia MacEvil
Spinning Wheel
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