My Happiness (1948 song)
Song composed by Borney Bergantine, lyrics by Betty Peterson / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
"My Happiness" is a pop music standard which was initially made famous in the mid-20th century. An unpublished version of the melody with different lyrics was written by Borney Bergantine in 1933.
"My Happiness" | |
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Song | |
Published | 1948 |
Songwriter(s) | Betty Peterson Blasco, Borney Bergantine |
The most famous version of the song, with lyrics by Betty Peterson Blasco, was published for the first time in 1948.[1]
The first known recording of this version was in December 1947 by the Marlin Sisters, but the song first became a hit in May 1948 as recorded by Jon and Sondra Steele[1][2] (Damon 11133) (number two) with rival versions by the Pied Pipers (Capitol 1628/15094) and an a cappella version by Ella Fitzgerald[2] (Decca 24446) entering the charts that June reaching respectively numbers three and six with the Marlin Sisters version (Columbia 38217) finally charting with a number 24 peak that July. A version by John Laurenz (Mercury catalog number 5144, with the flip side "Someone Cares"),[3] entered the Billboard magazine charts on August 7, 1948, where it stayed for two weeks, peaking at number 26.[4]