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Brenda Holloway
You’ve Made Me So Very Happy
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She cut it first in 1967 and helped write it too, so when De La Soul built on it, her name rode along in their credits. Hear the song as she meant it before you hear what they made of it.
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▶You've Made Me So Very Happy (Single Version)Liner notes
Written by Berry Gordy, Brenda Holloway, Patrice Holloway, Frank Wilson.
First recorded by Brenda Holloway in 1967.
Also recorded by Alton Ellis (1970), Lou Rawls (1970), Matt Monro (1994).
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De La Soul's "I Am I Be" samples "You've Made Me So Very Happy." Who made the first recording of that song, long before De La Soul got to it?Brenda Holloway
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