Oh Happy Day

Oh Happy Day Oh Happy Day or the gospel arrangement of a 1967 song from the 18th century (text of Philip Doddridge inspired by the Acts of the Apostles ), released by The Edwin Hawkins Singers. The single from 1969 with soloist Dorothy Combs Morrison was sold over a million times within two months. The single achieved in theUnited Kingdom, second, and in the United States in fourth place in the national charts. In include Germany and Netherlands was the number 2 weeks in the first place.The single has sold more than 7 million times. It appeared first on the album Let Us Go Into the House of the Lord (1968) on Pavilion Records and a year later on the album Oh Happy Days (1969) Biddulph Records .

Some single expenditure Hawkins mentioned 1959 as the year of first publication; a misprint. B-side in the version of Hawkins was Jesus, Lover of My Soul, another adaptation of a 18th-century hymn, written by Charles Wesley .

Also, Joan Baez and Florent Pagny reflected the number.