Glad to Be Unhappy

"Glad to Be Unhappy"
"Glad to Be Unhappy"
Song

"Glad to Be Unhappy"
"Glad to Be Unhappy"
Song

"Glad to Be Unhappy" is a popular song composed by Richard Rodgers, with lyrics by Lorenz Hart.^[1] It was introduced in their 1936 musical On Your Toes by Doris Carson and David Morris, although it was not popular at the time, as there was only one 1936 recording of the tune. In the 1937 London production, it was sung by Gina Malo and Eddie Pola. The song was performed in the 1954 Broadway revival by Kay Coulter and Joshua Shelley.

The Mamas & the Papas

Originally recorded for their appearance on Rodgers and Hart Today, an episode of ABC Stage 67, the song was released as a single at the end of 1967, reaching #26 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. It was issued in an effort to keep the group in the charts, while awaiting the completion of what would be their fourth album, The Papas & The Mamas. The song does not appear on that album: it is instead used to promote the group's second Greatest Hits package, entitled Golden Era, Volume 2. It is the last of the Mamas & the Papas singles produced in a professional studio, as subsequent singles were made in the studio constructed within John and Michelle Phillip's home at the time, once owned by actress Jeanette MacDonald. The mono single differs slightly from the stereo album mix - as was common for the group's singles - in that the Papas sing a few additional words during the first chorus in the stereo mix.

The B-side of the single is "Hey Girl", an album track from the group's first lp.

Other Notable recordings

Bea Wain (1939)
Lee Wiley (February 1940)
Lena Horne (October 1946)
Helen Merrill (February 1954)
Frank Sinatra, on In the Wee Small Hours (recorded February 8, 1955)
Billie Holiday on Lady in Satin (recorded February 21, 1958)
Chris Connor on Sings Ballads Of The Sad Cafe (recorded January 29, 1959)
Eric Dolphy on Outward Bound (1960)
Clare Fischer on the album Easy Livin' (recorded August 8, 1963; released in limited edition 1966; reissued 1968)
Paul Desmond on the album Glad to Be Unhappy (1965)
Nancy Wilson - But Beautiful (1969)
Barbra Streisand, on Barbra Streisand...And Other Musical Instruments (1973)
Carmen McRae, on The Carmen McRae-Betty Carter Duets (1987)
Wynton Marsalis, on Standard Time, Vol. 5: the Midnight Blues (1998)
Etienne Daho (2007)
Chris Botti (featuring John Mayer on lead vocals), on Chris Botti in Boston (2008)

References

^ Jacobs, Dick & Harriet Jacobs – ‘’Who Wrote That Song?’’ published by Writer’s Digest Books, 1993,

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[1] Jacobs, Dick & Harriet Jacobs – ‘’Who Wrote That Song?’’ published by Writer’s Digest Books, 1993,

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