Blood, Sweat & Tears – You’ve Made Me So Very Happy

“You’ve Made Me So Very Happy” is a singly from the album Blood, Sweat & Tears from 1969. The song reached #2 in US and #35 in UK.

This was originally a #39 hit for Motown artist Brenda Holloway in 1967. Holloway shares writing credit on the song with Berry Gordy, Frank Wilson and Patrice Holloway.
Blood, Sweat & Tears founder and keyboard player Al Kooper came up with the idea to cover this song, but he left the group before they recorded it. His replacement, David Clayton-Thomas, took over and sang lead on this track. Clayton-Thomas explained: “They had tried it with Al Kooper and they weren’t happy with the vocals, so they never did record it. Then up at [drummer] Bobby Colomby’s place one day, he was playing me a bunch of stuff that they had been considering, and I heard ‘You’ve Made Me So Very Happy.’ I said, ‘Whoa, who’s that? That’s Brenda Holloway! I know that song!’ So we did the chart and it went into the show, and we played it down at the club, and we ran up in the studio and recorded it.”
This was the first of three US #2 songs (also “Spinning Wheel” and “And When I Die”) on BS&T’s second LP, Blood, Sweat & Tears.

Virtually a small orchestra, this song stood out as Blood, Sweat & Tears established a milestone in rock history with its large horn section and jazz-blues orientation.

Blood, Sweat & Tears closed their Woodstock set with this song. When the festival started on August 15, 1969, Blood, Sweat & Tears was the #1 album in America. Since they were wildly popular at the time, the group commanded a premium fee: $15,000, which was second only to Jimi Hendrix. Unfortunately for BS&T, they were never paid (the festival lost money) and were not included in the film, since they would have been owed a portion of the receipts had they appeared.

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“You’ve Made Me So Very Happy” este o melodie compusă de către Brenda Holloway împreună cu sora ei, Patrice, producătorul Frank Wilson, și Berry Gordy, șeful de la Motown în 1967.

Blood, Sweat & Tears au înregistrat melodia în 1968, pentru albumul Blood, Sweat & Tears – al doilea album al grupului, lansat în 1969. Melodia a ajuns pe locul 2 în SUA, la Billboard 100.

În 1970, Blood, Sweat  & Tears, a fost primul grup rock din Occident, care a avut concerte în România. A fost un turneu organizat de State Department, în Europa de Est, care a inclus Yugoslavia și Polonia.

După terminarea concertului din București din 27 Iunie, 1970,  au avut loc incidente între tineri și miliție, care s-au lăsat cu arestări.

Blood, Sweat & Tears componenţa la concertele din Romania: David Clayton Thomas (voce), Dick Halligan (clape, flaut, trombon, voce), Steve Katz (chitară, voce), Jim Fielder (bas), Bob Colomby (tobe), Fred Lipsius (sax alt, pian), Leo Soloff (trompetă), Chuck Winfeld (trompetă), Jerry Hyman (trombon).

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