—SHADES OF BLUE—
Oh How Happy is a song written by Edwin Starr. It was a hit for the group The Shades of Blue.
The song was first recorded by The Shades of Blue. While at Golden World, they were recording background vocals and some demos. Edwin Starr happened to be there. Hearing them sing and liking the way they sounded, he had an unfinished song that he had an idea to do more with. He sat down with the group and they worked out the chorus and wording. According to group member Nick Marinelli, they actually contributed some of the wording and chorus, but weren’t credited for that. He cites their youth and inexperience for not knowing what their crediting should have been. The song was recorded in the late fall of 1965. They took the record to Harry Balk at Impact Records. He signed them into a contract. The record was released in March 1966 and in no time went straight to no. 1 in the local Detroit radio market. Nationally it got to no. 12 in the pop charts and no. 7 in the R&B charts.
Five weeks on the Record World pop charts, Oh How Happy by the Shades Of Blue climbs to #43 this week, May 28, 1965.
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Source: Wikipedia and Record World, May 28, 1966
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