So ‘hats off’ to Ken Dodd a 60’s British comedian. He sang a song called ‘Happiness’ which was a big hit at the same time as,
| The Beatles | “Can’t Buy Me Love“ | 2 April 1964 | 3 |
| Peter & Gordon | “A World Without Love“ | 23 April 1964 | 2 |
| The Searchers | “Don’t Throw Your Love Away“ | 7 May 1964 | 2 |
| The Four Pennies | “Juliet“ | 21 May 1964 | 1 |
| Cilla Black | “You’re My World (Il Mio Mondo)“ | 28 May 1964 | 4 |
| Roy Orbison | “It’s Over“ | 25 June 1964 | 2 |
| The Animals | “House of the Rising Sun“ | 9 July 1964 | 1 |
| The Rolling Stones | “It’s All Over Now“ | 16 July 1964 | 1 |
| The Beatles | “A Hard Day’s Night“ | 23 July 1964 | 3 |
| Manfred Mann | “Do Wah Diddy Diddy“ | 13 August 1964 | 2 |
| The Honeycombs | “Have I the Right?“ | 27 August 1964 | 2 |
| The Kinks | “You Really Got Me“ | 10 September 1964 | 2 |
| Herman’s Hermits | “I’m Into Something Good“ | 24 September 1964 | 2 |
| Roy Orbison | “Oh, Pretty Woman“ | 8 October 1964 | 2 |
| Sandie Shaw | “(There’s) Always Something There to Remind Me“ | 22 October 1964 | 3 |
| Roy Orbison | “Oh, Pretty Woman“ | 12 November 1964 | 1 |
| The Supremes | “Baby Love“ | 19 November 1964 | 2 |
| The Rolling Stones | “Little Red Rooster“ | 3 December 1964 | 1 |
| The Beatles | “I Feel Fine“ |
If you under-stress the H and emphasize the ‘EE’ sound in Happiness – you get A penis.
The lyrics went like this.
Happiness
Happiness, happiness, the greatest gift that I posses
I thank the Lord I’ve been blessed
With more than my share of happiness
To me this old world is a wonderful place
And I’m just about the luckiest human in the whole human race
I’ve got no silver and I’ve got no gold
Just a whole lot of happiness in my soul
Happiness, happiness, the greatest gift that I posses
I thank the Lord I’ve been blessed
With more than my share of happiness
Happiness to me is an ocean tide
Or a sunset fading on a mountain side
Or maybe a big old heaven full of stars up above
When I’m in the arms of the one I love
Happiness is a field of grain
Lifting its face to the falling rain
I can see it in the sunshine, I breathe it in the rain
Happiness everywhere
Happiness, happiness, the greatest gift that I posses
I thank the Lord I’ve been blessed
With more than my share of happiness
A wise old man told me one time
That happiness is nothing but a frame of mind
I hope when you go to measuring my success
That you don’t count my money count my happiness
Happiness, happiness, the greatest gift that I posses
I thank the Lord I’ve been blessed
With more than my share of happiness
Happiness, happiness, the greatest gift that I posses
I thank the Lord I’ve been blessed
With more than my share of happiness
Ken Dodd (1964)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ij08lEdA8hs
Anyway he was finally banned from the BBC for this joke:
“You know, men are hairier than women but women are hairier on the whole.”
This is a long intro to a happy day when Yamada san
https://quietripple.wordpress.com/2011/06/19/jamonjamon/
gave me a present.
Thanks
Strong Juju
Come in peace
This gift gives me great happiness. I admire Yamada san and I now own an original. Contemporary art.
I am *so* jealous! Congrats!
Ah, Ken Dodd. Like my great grandmother, he was from Knotty Ash. Not many people know that.
Have we had this conversation before?
And then there was (possibly) Mme de Gaulle… http://www.snopes.com/quotes/degaulle.asp
With a timely reminder of Captain Pugwash and that rascal Tom the cabin boy.