Alton Ellis - 'You've Made Me So Very Happy' (Official Audio)

Co-written and first recorded in 1967 by Brenda Holloway, ‘You've Made Me So Very Happy’ became the singer's third Top 40 pop single, when the single reached Number 39 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and 40 on the Billboard R&B singles chart.

Covered by 1969, Blood, Sweat & Tears in 1969, the song became one of the US pop group's biggest hits, reaching Number 2 on the American Billboard Hot 100 in April and 35 in the UK the following month.

Further versions of the song include interpretations by Holloway’s fellow Tamla performers, Edwin Starr & Blinky, Chris Clark, the Temptations, the Miracles, the Hearts of Stone and Diana Ross, while Bobbie Gentry, Cher, Lou Rawls, Sammy Davis Jr., Mina, Shirley Bassey, Gloria Estefan and Julian Ovenden have also covered the number.

By the time Alton Ellis recorded his soulful version at Duke Reid’s Treasure Isle studio in Bond Street, Kingston in 1970, the singer-songwriter was firmly established as one of the island’s most celebrated artists, having enjoyed numerous ska, rock steady and reggae hits over the preceding decade.

Alton also cut the song for Reid’s main rival, Clement ‘Coxson’ Dodd, but it is the Treasure Isle cut that remains his seminal interpretation of the composition.

YOU'VE MADE ME SO VERY HAPPY LYRICS
Written by Brenda Holloway, Patrice Holloway, Frank Wilson and Berry Gordy

Wah-ooh-wah-ooh, woo-oo
Wah-ooh-wah-ooh, woo-oo

I've lost at love, at love, at love before
Got mad and I closed and I closed and I closed the door
And you say try just once more
And you came and you took control
You touched my very soul
You've always shown me that
Loving you is where it's at
You've made me so very happy
I'm so glad you came into my life

The others were untrue
But when it came to loving you, now
I'd spend my whole life with you, girl
'Cos you came and you took control
You touched my very soul
You've always shown me that
Loving you is where it's at
You've made me so very happy
I'm so glad you came into my life

Wah-ooh-wah-ooh, woo-oo
Wah-ooh-wah-ooh, woo-oo

I've lost at love, at love, at love before
Got mad and I closed and I closed and I closed the door
And you say try just once more
And you came and you took control
You touched my very soul
You've always shown me that
Loving you is where it's at
You've made me so very happy
I'm so glad you came into my life

Wah-ooh-wah-ooh, woo-oo
Wah-ooh-wah-ooh, woo-oo

#AltonEllis #You'veMadeMeSoVeryHappy #BloodSweatandTears #Trojan #DukeReid #TreasureIsle

[JamesDLegend]

It doesn't matter what color you are, how old you are, or what year it is, good music is good music . Good music knows no boundaries .

[ingridreynolds]

Alton Still touches my very soul with his music…Thank God for great singers like Alton Ellis..❤❤

[TettyBear]

I sing this to my husband and our baby... I cry everytime! I'm so thankful for this life

[ajwatson]

I'm just in from a meal with family in memory of our late Mother Hilda B ❤

Listening to some music now what a tune.

[Bax]

My girlfriend and I spend our evenings listening to Alton Ellis when we make dinner.

[christianbatildi]

Is the favourite song of my loving dog, every time listening it start to howl 🐺🌹❤️🌴🦋

[mr_kayo]

Holy shit, that voice. Had never heard Anton Ellis until today.

[briangraham]

Been searching for this song for years wow am more than happy

[ElLenadorLA]

Found this man at 35 years old. Every song he has touches my soul. It’s like my heart was missing his music.

[jasminesullivan]

Was played at my cousins husbands funeral yesterday and the tears couldn't stop fallin' jeez I cryin' again

They had a once in a lifetime love, theres no words for the sorrow I feel for her loss. Sleep well Alvin 🕊

[pedrocosme]

Why we don’t have music like this anymore?

[monyandrade]

Aun escuchando esa canción desde México en el 2024, quien más???

[bastetmt]

The God Father himself Mr.Rock steady/Reggae Mr Alton Elis ..March 2020 had to hit replay .. please hit like if you’re loving this Bass- line..

[michaelzammutt]

My Caribbean friends introduced me to rocksteady reggae and all this kind of this music, I am so blessed that they did

[reecepalmer-lacey]

Takes me back to growing up in Custom House, E16 I lived in a block of maisonettes and everyone would be blaring out their music all from different backgrounds it was amazing, my mum would be blasting out Country n Western, my Dad a bit of ska, two tone, little bit of 70's punk, downstairs we had the neighbours playing the likes of madness and ub40, but it was my next door neighbour Bev, who was a proud jamaican who always played the best tunes, lots old school reggae and it had the whole block dancing and coming together. Those were the days ❤

[ThiagoSilva-jrce]

Passando por aqui, primeira vez ouvindo bela canção viva o roots
50%🇧🇷 / 50%🇯🇲

[grimsbyhoopstv]

Dem a use all the reggae song in movies and commercials but on dem award show dem nah give no award for reggae artists. One white man name magic get award for reggae. Man mi tell yuh the word is full of injustice.

[joysboy]

Love it - Alway remember & be warned, at Christmas time, most of the world is in awe, full do praise, love, recognition, respect & acknowledgement, of a baby, born in a barn because there was NO room for him & in the inn, that eventually, turned into a man, that resembles (something) like the a man that sang that song.The

R.I.P Elton Ellis & my Dad.

[etherking]

Ain't no music like classic crackling hits from JAMAICA!! 🇯🇲

[SunnyIlha]

Alton Ellis is among the GREATEST Rocksteady vocalists of all time.
Straightforward, rustic, countryman, unfettered, crystal clear, grabbing, soul satisfying, miraculously bare and essential.