MY HAPPINESS

'MY HAPPINESS'
"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 An unpublished version of the melody with different lyrics was written by Borney Bergantine in 1933.
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
The most famous version of the song, with lyrics by Betty Peterson Blasco, was published for the first time in 1948
Connie Francis – whose favorite song at the age of eight had been the Jon and Sondra Steele version of "My Happiness" – remade
the song in a November 6, 1958 The song almost became Francis's first number one hit in the first months of 1959, but was kept at
number two by another remake of a standard: the Platters' version of "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes"
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BACKING TRACK / Courtesy of YouTube / My Happiness (Karaoke Version In the Style of Connie Francis) / Karaoke Bar Orchestra - Topic

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This is a non-profit video made solely for the purpose of study, review or critical analysis, comment, education / pedagogical / teaching purposes only. All rights to the respected owners.
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GUITAR INSTRUMENTAL BY :- Ian Wilson.
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SOUND WAS ACHIEVED BY :-
I played my Fender Stratocaster guitar, into a Focusrite Scarlett 2i2 2nd Gen USB Audio Interface, then into a 'Reaper Mixing Software' programme to record the sound whilst playing to the backing track of :- "My Happiness"
Using Reaper & Guitar Rig, I produced the desired sound required and saved the finished soundtrack to my computer as a MP3 file.
Then I placed the camera footage onto the timeline in CyberLink PowerDirector19, 'BUT' I replaced the camera soundtrack with the 'NEW'
computer mixed soundtrack from Reaper and Guitar Rig, re-edited the footage to produce the finished video of :- "My Happiness"
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My Happiness / Song by Connie Francis

Lyrics

Evening shadows make me blue
When each weary day is through
How I long to be with you, my happiness
Every day I reminisce
Dreaming of your tender kiss
Always thinking how I miss my happiness
A million years it seems
Have gone by since we shared our dreams
But I'll hold you again
There'll be no blue memories then
Whether skies are gray or blue
Any place on earth will do
Just as long as I'm with you, my happiness
Whether skies are gray or blue
Any place on earth will do
Just as long as I'm with you, my happiness
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