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Arnold Rypens
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Artist: Roaring Lion
Author: Rafael De Leon
Label: American Record Company
Year: 1934
Calypso melody from Trinidad, recorded in New York. Roaring Lion (alias Rafael De Leon, alias Hubert Raphael Charles) and Atilla The Hun (Raymond Quevedo) were the first Calypsonians to make this trip. The Lion introduced this song on Rudy Vallee's network radio show.
Covers:
Hubert R. Charles [alias The Roaring Lion as Marry An Ugly Woman, on Perfect and Meloton]
Lionel Belasco [as Give Me An Ugly Girl]
Sir Lancelot & Gerald Clark's Caribbean Serenaders [and in film Happy Go Lucky]
Robert Mitchum [as From A Logical Point Of View]
Jimmy Soul [n°1 US & R&B as If You Wanna Be Happy]
Trini Lopez [idem]
Edmundo Ros [idem]
Max Woiski Jr. [as Je Bent Nog Niet Gelukkig Met Een Mooie Vrouw]
Claude François [as Si tu veux être heureux]
Bill Wyman [as If You Want To Be Happy]
Joe Dolce [as If You Wanna Be Happy]
Kid Creole & The Coconuts [idem]
Rocky Sharpe & The Replays [idem]
Trafassi feat. Keizer [as Je Bent Nog Niet Gelukkig Met Een Mooie Vrouw]
If you noticed blunt omissions, mis-interpretations or even out-and-out errors,
please let me know:
Arnold Rypens
Rozenlaan 65
B-2840 Reet (Rumst)