Darin, Bobby - Happy Lyrics

What a lovely and beautiful song by this fabulous man. This makes me cry because it has so much meaning for me. He is missed.❤🎤

Still one of the most underrated singers ever 👍👍

Fabulous Bobby Darin ! ++++++

THERE WILL NEVER BE ANOTHER BOBBY DARIN, RIP....

I sometimes wonder if BOBBY would have lived if he had opted to have the heart surgery )before he got so weakened. But, it was doubled beyond prediction. Sad.

Michael Jackson's version is way better.

I wrote a comment 10 months ago but I don't believe I said enough. This song, more than Mack the Knife, put him in a class with Sinatra and Mathis. The emotion, the feeling, the expression on certain notes and phases made the song mean something to anyone listening. It did to me. He had so much more to give. Too bad his life ended so soon.

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The Best!! I wish this would happen to me, the words are all I want 💖 Never had a true love 💕😢

Wow, I'm in tears! He was so beautiful.

The way Bobby Darin sang Happy made me listen intently to the lyrics.

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great, amazing voice and version!!

Can really hear the Power in his voice with certain songs. This is one.

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The very best!

One of the best live performance by an artist.

Perfect. His live performance is even better than the studio one.

Flip Wilson's show.

Excellent rendition, excellent arrangement, everything excellent!

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A beautiful song sung by a great singer. RIP soulman and thanks

How come a song called happy, can be this sad? 34 years old and then gone? Say it isn't so! What more this man could have gave us.

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This song was sung with so much emotion and feeling. Darin could do it all. The complete entertainer. "Happy" could have been as big a hit as Mack the Knife.

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I'm a 70 year old Bobby Darin Fan who so enjoyed watching and listening to him sing. We miss you Bobby

WONDERFULL!

Wow! what a voice just recently for some reason started watching his videos.Amazing ,so sad he died so young.What an entertainer.

Fabulous Bobby Darin ++++++

RIP Mr Darin. I know that you are singing with the angels.

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His very best

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I am to sad looking on him bobby i dont know why i am so affected on you since i heard you are on you.r. nobody can survived you i hope your happy where ever you are r i p

THANK YOU MR. WILLIAM SMOKEY ROBINSON FOR THOSE PRECIOUS, DEEP, WONDERFUL LYRICS "HAPPY"❗❗ WHAT WOULD AMERICAN MUSIC HAVE DONE WITHOUT YOUR PROLIFIC CONTRIBUTION❗ THANK YOU AGAIN,OOO BABY,BABY"❗
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My favorite Bobby song and I understand it was his last. Such an amazing talent and showman! Thanks for posting

Love this song - don't know one of his I don't like. Gone too soon Bobby.

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Simply.....Wow!

His Talent has no ending. It made him immortal

Perfection... nobody could touch that performance today where has all the good music gone... Bobby at he's best

This is a beautiful song written by the "great" William (Smokey) Robinson.
Though it is not better than Smokey's version.
It is damn sure second to it
Thanks to Bobby Darin for version.

HIS BEST EVER RENDITION

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wonder bobby.

Fabulous Bobby Darin.

He was the MOST DELICIOUS performer. Consumate. This, and Beyond the Sea...and Once Upon a Time...swoon. And many many more. Huge range of talents.
Loved him then, love him now. Thanks Jan Hammer, for uploading.

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hategreed1 .. Have you heard him sing I'll Be Your Baby Tonight? Never cared for the song til I heard him sing it! Super great by him....

who in the world would give this performance a thumbs down! smh

They had to be nuts, zills2. WE LOVE YOU BOBBY.

Michel Legrand is another GIANT!!!

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Bobby Darin was the BEST!!!  Ran circles around Sammy Davis Jr., talent-wise.  Bobby, passed away on Dec. 20, 1973.  I still miss him and especially his performances.  Jan, thanks for posing this marvelous video!!!!

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Jan, thanks for posting.  Was a shame that Motown didn't promote "Happy" properly.  However, picked the right ballad as his last.   If people are serious in watching Bobby perform, the following DVD, proves his genius as a multi -talented performer:  Bobby Darin, "Mack Is Back"!!!!  I treasure my copy!!!  Dec. 20th, 1973, was a very sad day for me and the music business!!!!

I was driving a cab on Biscayne Blvd in Fla when I heard the news over the radio, had to pull off the road!

Now this is how to sing a beautiful ballad by a talented human being with a true voice!

Unfortunately in today's music you do not. Is it even music? It seems like today’s pop music consists more of synthesizers and electronic sounds rather than real instruments with actual chords and voices. Everything is done digitally; it’s to the point where we lose the authenticity that we crave from our musicians.

The most we get from our musicians nowadays is poor diction and closed vowel sounds. It seems the presence of auto tune has allowed people to grow cocky. Becoming famous has become as easy as going on social media and saying you want to be famous. If you can’t sing, you just try to imitate a proper note, and that works for people now.

The youth today do not possess real talent and it shows. Especially people like myself who KNOW THE DIFFERENCE.....................

It´s a sun, pupil, class, man. The teacher is on the desk. I´m in the toilet. The rose is red, the violet is blue, honey is sweet and so are you.

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omygosh, what a great voice! great rendition! am so touched by his singing :-(

Memories are overwhelming from childhood, simpler times.

unbeatable

Okay. who is cutting an onion in here?

I have lost count the number of times I have played this song and watched this clip, it still sends chill right up my spine and I find myself in tears.... Bobby made this song his own in his wonderful style that touches deep within your soul.... His powerful voice so clear hits between my ears and I am mesmerised, nothing else maters.... Watching this just now I felt Bobby's voice and eyes touch my soul, he had that effect on me whilst alive, even now that has not changed...... Sad knowing that Bobby was taken far too soon from this life, for we lost a precious and exceptional talent who really showed us how it was done.... Bobby graced this world and shared his God gifted talents for all to enjoy.... His music still thrills today and is just as wonderful as the day he recorded it....
REST IN ETERNAL PEACE BOBBY YOU ARE A PRECIOUS GEM WE CHERISH FOREVER.
Thank you Jan Hammer for bring us the best of them all I am ever so grateful, bless you.

What amazes me Edith is that as we know now, he was dying when he did this. What a performance.Simple the greatest.

Bobby had a way of transforming songs and making them his own. To which Mack the Knife, Lazy River and Beyond the Sea would attest. He will always be included in the list of the greatest entertainers who ever lived. Sinatra, Davis Jr., Ted Lewis, Jackie Wilson, et al et al would all welcome him with open arms, and say "Bobby, you are at home with us"!

simply THEE best

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the so-called "entertainers" (and i use that term loosely) in today's world couldn't hold a candle to Bobby Darin; they couldn't even shine his shoes.

Especially not the pervy karaoke ripoff, Kevin Spacey.

You do have
a way with words
Careful
i can see your age 😎

He sang it off key..Let sadness see what happy does..let happy be where sadness waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaas.. Michael Jackson is the true singer of any song

+I YAM WHITE Bobby was very ill during the last couple of years of his life and yet still delivered very powerful vocals and performances. MJ was sick in the head and a pedo.

Off key??? YOu're tone deaf! MJ sucked.

mj wouldn't even make a pimple on Darin s ass.

I YAM WHITE If this is off key, I would love to be able to sing so 'off key'!

Jan -- Better yet, thank you for posting this great song.

nice voice but it can't handle a candle to Michael Jackson's version

The Black Knight so tell me where Michael Jackson was singing this song in 1972-1973? Bobby Darin could sing anything

Knowing what a sad life Billie Holliday had, this song has tremendous emotion.  Bobby Darin at his best.

+fhwandell dam its beautiful

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Wonderful. Thanks for posting

The power of his singing the tender message of the lyrics is underscores a profundity of emotion.

This man is a GOD

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Thanks to you Jan for posting so many great videos of Bobby.

How could he sing so energetically and beautifully with that bad heart? I can't imagine his fatigue after singing this. 

He was doing what he loved and did it without regard to cost.

By the way, Jan, I shared this video on my timeline and watched it countless times already. How Bobby sang the lyrics was just so meaningful and beautiful.....the best among all other versions in my opinion.

@spcb77 It is a wonderful rendition.

seems like these days he is forgotten

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What a sad song.

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Huh? It's a song about HAPPINESS!

By this time, Bobby was the consummate performer....And we lost him way too soon....He had so much more to give.

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On this day in 1972 (Oct 12th} the musical bio-movie  ‘Lady Sings the Blues' had its world premiere in New York City...
Diana Ross received an Academy Award 'Best Actress' nomination {winner was Liza Minnelli for 'Cabaret'}...  
"Good Morning Heartache", sung by Diana Ross, was featured in the film; and three months later on January 7th, 1973 it entered Billboard's Hot Top 100 chart at position #98, nine weeks later on March 11th, 1973 it peaked at #34 {for 1 week} and spent 13 weeks on the Top 100...
It reached #8 on Billboard's Adult Contemporary Tracks chart...
One other song from the movie also made the Top 100 chart; Bobby Darin's covered version of "Happy" {the film's love theme} entered the chart on December 31st, 1972 and on its 8th and last week on the Top 100 it peaked at #67...

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I think I knew "Happy", and I am reminded hearing Mr. Darin sing and watching him perform. I'd love to hug himmmmmmmmmmmm.

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@Jan Hammer You are very welcome, Jan. I appreciate your posts of Mr. Darin, as well as this one.

So welldone....

je l'ecoute a nouveau et je suis sous le charme de sa voix et de l'orchestration!!

Merci pour vising mon site Internet et pour prendre le temps pour partager vos pensées.

merci  pour ces informations cela m'a aidé à comprendre et bravo à Michel Legrand pour la musique !!!

Merci Jan Hammer  , pour cette chanson très émouvante de Bobby Darin , malheureusement je ne maitrise pas tout le texte et je devrais me servir plus souvent de mon dictionnaire !!! merci encore

Merci de visiter mon site YouTube. Si je suis correct que vous ne comprenez pas la description de cette chanson dans l'anglais je le traduis au français. J'espère que cela aide.

Bobby Darin chante le thème d'amour, écrit par Smokey Robinson et Michel LeGrand, du film 1972 'Lady Chante le Blues, l'histoire biographique de chanteur dérangé de jazz Billie Holiday. Le film a été nommé pour 5 Prix d'Académie et a présenté une pléthore oif les étoiles en incluant Diana Ross, Billy Dee Williams * Richard Pryor. Je ne suis pas certain de la date de cette émission de télévision bien que ce soit sans doute autrefois après 1972.

He sings this so beautifully. I could just listen to this song all day! We lost a magnificent entertainer when he passed away.
 

Thanks Susan. Bobby was an incredable talent

Saw Bobby in Miami when I was a teen....gave a concert at Bayshore Auditorium.  Saw him at the Copa in NY....what a glorious experience.  Loved his voice and his performance was incredible.  What a talent we lost!  This song is a favorite (of many) of mine!  Thanks for posting!

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THE best version of this lost classic.

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I keep coming back to this song, it is one very special and favourite song for me.  WOW, AWESOME, TOTALLY BRILLIANT, POWERFUL VOICE !!!!   On seeing this again and again I am reminded that we lost this exceptionally talented man far too early.  Bobby Darin has this powerful voice that just hits you deep within, then hits square between your ears, and can bring you to tears.  In my book there will NEVER be another person that comes anywhere near close to this awesome entertainer / performer's talents.  Bobby could do it all and did it all to perfection, his way, Bobby Darin style…… every performance done to 1,000 percent perfection no matter how Bobby's health was at the time.  Being from old school Bobby always aimed for perfection because to him it was natural and just second nature.  Music and entertaining etched in his blood Bobby lived and breathed to perform giving heart and soul back to others what was granted to him in the first place from God.  How he delivered, WOW !!, also achieving what he set out to do and so much more, his talents were endless.  Thank God Bobby Darin graced this planet in our live time.   What a legacy, what a genius, what a awesome legend.  BOBBY DARIN IS TRUELY ONE OF A KIND.  RIP BOBBY YOU ARE REMEMBERED FOREVER MORE, AND BEYOND.            Thanks Jan Hammer you did great again.

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from Jose' "Timo" ........Bobby DID do a great version of this song...BUT.......NOBODY can compare with the phenomenal rendition of the great Johnny Mathis..........Johnny, quite simply put, is the greatest balladeer who ever lived.....

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I really wanted to have this sung at my wedding, but the church wouldn't allow it. Maybe if we have a 40th anniversary party I'll have it played.

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http://youtu.be/iyB3xe9y_X4

Nice job Peter.

@Jan Hammer  Thank's Jan.As soon as I heard this tune
I had the track custom made. I sing this song and has become a mainstay of my show. I too tell the story behind this song and only wish Bobby had more time with this song cause I believe this would have been a huge hit for him....thanks again....Peter Mio

no prob  love bobby darin  my dad used to have his records we weren't allowed to play his records  but we did anyway  I always preferred bobby and melanie

he needed oxygen after his performances at the end  and this was getting to the end for him  this man was a master

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I LOVE THIS SONG . IT'S MY WISH FOR ALL OF US .

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This show aired January 19, 1973 on The Bobby Darin Show. This was his final single released in his lifetime and should've been a monster hit.

I have the LP...This is one of the best song's on it.  Bobby had great vocal range, and he proves it here.

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OMG, he died that year in December...

VERY moving indeed !!

I remember that show and I do have that album. He could everything and with ease. We lost him way too early.

One person is tone deaf~  40 years ago today, BD left us. His music NEVER will. RIP, Bobby.

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I LOVE THIS SONG VERY BEAUTIFUL MOVING TOUCHES THE HEART AND SOUL THANKS BOBBY!!!!!

I absolutely loved Bobby Darin, and no one sings this song with the passion he does. I always hope he is thinking of Sandra Dee...two beautiful persons whose demons snatched happiness away from them too soon.

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This is a masterpiece. He's put everything in this song, his voice, his expressive face, his incredible eyes, his emotional intensity. God, I love this man.

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Thanks very much for posting this. I was young, but my memory is that Darin had a summer show --he sang this in its entirety on the first episode and then each show would close with a few lines from it; as a wish to the audience "Let happy be where sadness was..."

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What a find! Never heard Darin do this. In tears. Bravo.

thanks jan im crying happy tears r.i.p bobby

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He sounded like he was feeling the song with his entire body and soul. He was the best of the best.
Thank you for posting this.

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Darin was FEELING this song. There will never be another like him. So brilliant, so inspiring.

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Thank you Jan Hammer for posting this song, “Happy” . It’s wonderful to see that others enjoy Bobby Darin as much as I always have. I’d never heard Him sing this song and it’s Beautiful . I have had a crush on Him ever since the First time I saw Him perform. I think we were living in a small town called Timber, Oregon . This was in 1956. We had a 1yr.old daughter to keep us entertained and a new T V. Everyday I got to watch American Bandstand . That’s where I first saw Him. “ Mack the Knife” was my very favorite song at that time. Now that I’m 80, I’ve found You Tube ,I Love everything I can watch of Him and His Family. I must say ,that you are the most polite host that I’ve come across. Thank You again.....💜🎶💕💜🎶💕💜😉😘

I "feel" this song.