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Oh Happy Day is a Gospel act. Their sound grew out of Sérgio Mendes and James Brown. Those roots explain a lot about how Oh Happy Day arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as In the Ghetto, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Spiritualized, Nick Cave, George Harrison, Joan Baez and Glen Campbell, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 11 connections around Oh Happy Day, reaching back through Sérgio Mendes and forward to Spiritualized. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
"Oh Happy Day" is a 1967 gospel music arrangement of the 1755 hymn by clergyman Philip Doddridge. Recorded by the Edwin Hawkins Singers, it became an international hit in 1969, reaching No. 4 on the US Singles Chart, No. 1 in France, Germany, and the Netherlands and No. 2 on the Canadian Singles Chart, UK Singles Chart, and Irish Singles Chart. It has since become a gospel music standard, selling over 7 million copies worldwide, making it the second best-selling gospel song of all time.
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Oh Happy Day grew out of Sérgio Mendes and James Brown, shares an orbit with In the Ghetto, went on to shape Spiritualized, Nick Cave, George Harrison and Joan Baez. 11 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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