Happiness Is - Ray Conniff / his SINGERS his ORCHESTRA his SOUND / Audio CD

UPC 074646468821

An aggressively "happy" album by Ray Conniff and his singers, Happiness Is combines exuberant singalongs, wordless vocals, and instrumentals in a grab-bag album that covers many -- if not most -- of Conniff's bases. A couple of mellow moments don't detract from the overarching sunniness of the album, which lapses into delicious self-parody with "Popsy" and the hilarious title track (co-written by former teen idol Paul Evans). "The Sheik of Araby" is whistled to a shuffling soft-shoe rhythm, and the joyous ba-ba's totally eclipse the inherent loneliness of "Blue Moon." Happiness Is is a fun and very funny album that once again shows Conniff's self-effacing sense of humor. ~ Greg Adams, Rovi 

Tracklist:

1. Happiness Is (2:14)
2. Midnight Lace (Part 1) (2:18)
3. Miss You (2:12)
4. Popsy (2:07)
5. Melodie D'Amour (2:23)
6. You Stepped Out Of
A Dream (2:16)
7. Jamaica Farewell (2:53)
8. Blue Moon (3:28)
9. If I Knew Then (2:06)
10. The Sheik Of Araby (1:38)
11. All By Myself (1:58)
12. Sweet Sue, Just You (2:32)

Produced by Ernie Altschuler.
CD Producer: Nedra Olds-Neal.
Remixed and digitally mastered by Mark Wilder,
Sony Music Studios, New York