You’ve Made Me So Very Happy
Brenda Holloway’s 1967 recording of “You’ve Made Me So Very Happy” is the earliest release on file. Brenda Holloway shares the writing credit with Berry Gordy, Patrice Holloway and Frank Wilson. Also recorded by Blood, Sweat & Tears (released 1969), Alton Ellis (released 1970) and Lou Rawls (released 1970), among 112 recordings of this work on MusicBrainz. De La Soul’s “I Am I Be” (1993) samples it, per MusicBrainz.
She cut it first in 1967 and helped write it too, so when De La Soul built on it, her name rode along in their credits. Hear the song as she meant it before you hear what they made of it.
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▶You've Made Me So Very Happy (Single Version)Credited writers: Berry Gordy, Brenda Holloway, Patrice Holloway and Frank Wilson.
Earliest release on file: this one, 1967.
De La Soul’s “I Am I Be” (1993) samples it, per MusicBrainz.
- Blood, Sweat & Tears1969
- Alton Ellis1970
- Lou Rawls1970
- Matt Monro1994
- Sammy Davis Jr.2004
112 recordings of this work on MusicBrainz.
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