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I Want to Be Happy Cha Cha's
Studio album by
Enoch Light and The Light Brigade
Released1959
LabelGrand Award

I Want to Be Happy Cha Cha's is a studio album of cha-cha-chá music by Enoch Light and The Light Brigade. It was released in 1959 on the Grand Award label (catalog no. G.A. 33-388).[1][2]

Following its release, Billboard magazine gave the album a rating of four stars and wrote: "Enoch Light has rounded up a great set of cha-cha arrangements . . . gathering a swinging group of ace sidemen, and added a stereo engineering job in the two-track version that will make woofer-and-tweeter addicts go misty-eyed."[3] It was also included in Billboard's "Album Spotlight Winners of the Month".[4] It debuted on the pop album chart on June 15, 1959, peaked at the No. 38 spot, and remained on the chart for two weeks.[5]

AllMusic later gave the album a rating of two stars."[6]

Track listing

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Side A

  1. "I Want To Be Happy Cha Cha" (Caesar, Youmans) [2:27]
  2. "Tremendo Cha Cha" (Blanco, Loco) [3:14]
  3. "Tea for Two Cha Cha" (Caesar, Youmans) [2:47]
  4. "Lover" (Rodgers, Hart) [2:40]
  5. "Yes Sir, That's My Baby" (Kahn, Donaldson) [2:24]
  6. "The Sheikh" (Wheeler, Smith, Snyder) [2:20]

Side B

  1. "Chiquita Cha Cha" (Light, Davies) [2:36]
  2. "Sweet and Gentle" (Portal) [2:59]
  3. "Cara Mia Cha Cha (Ciribiribin)" (Light, Davies) [2:19]
  4. "How High the Moon" (Lewis) [2:19]
  5. "Patricia" (Prado) [2:30]
  6. "Guaglione" (Franciulli, Nisa) [2:17]

References

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  1. ^ Liner notes on back cover and inside the gatefold of the album.
  2. ^ "Enoch Light And The Light Brigade – I Want to Be Happy Cha Cha's". Discogs. Retrieved December 27, 2020.
  3. ^ "Reviews and Ratings of New Popular Albums". The Billboard. November 24, 1958. p. 27.
  4. ^ "Album Spotlight Winners of the Month". The Billboard. August 31, 1959. p. 45.
  5. ^ Joel Whitburn (1995). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Albums. Billboard Books. p. 181. ISBN 0823076318.
  6. ^ "I Want to Be Happy Cha Cha's". AllMusic. Retrieved December 27, 2020.
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