Happiness Is (Ray Conniff album)

The title track, and single, "Happiness Is" is a song written by Paul Parnes and Paul Evans, a modified version of the song was later used for four years as an advertising jingle for Kent cigarettes.^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]

The album peaked at No. 80 on the Billboard Top LPs, and stayed on the chart for 9 weeks.^[6]

Track listing

"Happiness Is" (Paul Evans, Paul Parnes)
"Midnight Lace", Pt. 1 (Joe Lubin)
"Miss You" (Charles Tobias, Harry Tobias)
"Popsy" (Douglas James/Mark Hill/J. Proctor)
"Melodie d'Amour" (Leonardo Johns, Henri Salvador)
"You Stepped Out of a Dream" (Nacio Herb Brown, Gus Kahn)
"Jamaica Farewell" (Lord Burgess)
"Blue Moon" (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart)
"If I Knew Then" (Charles Tobias, Harry Tobias)
"The Sheik of Araby" (Harry B. Smith, Ted Snyder, Francis Wheeler)
"All by Myself" (Irving Berlin)
"Sweet Sue, Just You" (Will J. Harris and Victor Young)

Personnel

Charts

Chart (1966)	Peak position
US Billboard Top LPs^[6]	80

References

↑ Gramophone 1966- Volume 44, Part 1 - Page 132 "The new Ray Conniff album (CBS © BPG62667: © SBPG62667) is called "Happiness Is". Well, if happiness for you is an electric blanket, two sleeping pills washed down with warm cocoa, and no need to get up in the morning, reach out and grab this with your lazy tongs. A more soporific LP I've not dozed through for a long time."
↑ Billboard - 11 Dec 1965 - Page 6 Article 'Easy Listening' Song Wears Better: Mills: "Currently proving Mills' point is "Happiness Is." song written by Paul Parnes and Paul Evans, and which was recorded by Ray Conniff..."
↑ The United States Patents Quarterly - Page 25 1975 Since its first publication, "Happiness Is" has generated licensing income to plaintiff in excess of two hundred and ... "Happiness Is" was selected by CBS Records for inclusion in its recent LP release of Ray Coniff's Ten Favorite Hits (PX-5). 14.
↑ Norm N. Nite Rock on: the illustrated encyclopedia of Rock n' Roll. 1982 " "...a few years later, with "Happiness Is" for the Ray Coniff Singers, a song that was eventually used for four years as the Kent cigarette jingle."
↑ Television Magazine 1967- Volume 24, Issue 2 - Page 29 "Ray Conniff and his group were the performers, and the tune was called "Happiness Is.' "I checked on it and found out it was the property of Mills Music, and had been written by Paul Parnes and Paul Evans. I liked the sound that Conniff had"
1 2 Whitburn, Joel (1996). Top LPs, 1955–1996. Record Research. p. 35. Retrieved July 10, 2025.

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Discography
Albums	'S Wonderful! (1956) Dance the Bop! (1957) 'S Marvelous (1957) 'S Awful Nice (1958) Concert in Rhythm (1958) Conniff Meets Butterfield (1959) Christmas with Conniff (1959) Young at Heart (1960) Say It with Music (A Touch of Latin) (1960) Memories Are Made of This (1960) Broadway in Rhythm (1961) So Much in Love (1961) 'S Continental (1962) We Wish You a Merry Christmas (1962) Here We Come A-Caroling (1965) Happiness Is (1966) Somewhere My Love (1966) It Must Be Him (1967) This Is My Song (1967) Honey (1968) His Orchestra, His Chorus, His Singers, His Sound (1969) Christmas Caroling (1984)
Singles	"'S Wonderful" "Blue Moon" "If I Knew Then" "Somewhere My Love" "Cabaret" "The Sound of Silence" "I've Got My Eyes on You"

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