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Thread #115491   Message #2474349
Posted By: GUEST,Ken Brock
23-Oct-08 - 09:42 PM
Thread Name: Feel-good Cheer-up Songs
Subject: RE: Feel-good Cheer-up Songs
A group from circa 1925-1930:

"Hallelujah" (Vincent Youmans, iirc)
"Great Day" (also Youmans, iirc)
"Get Happy" (Dietz & Schwartz, iirc). Sung by Judy Garland in Summer Stock
"Kickin' the Blues Away" (Irving Berlin)
"Kickin' the Clouds Away" (Gershwin, 1925, from Tell Me More)
"Clap Yo' Hands" (Gershwin, circa 1926 from Oh, Kay!)

also "Top of the World" a 1974 Carpenters hit.