Oh Happy Day (Glen Campbell album)

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Oh Happy Day
Glen Campbell Oh Happy Day album cover.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedApril 1970 (1970-04)
Recorded1970
Studio Capitol (Hollywood)
Genre Gospel
Label Capitol
Producer Al De Lory
Glen Campbell chronology
Try a Little Kindness
(1970)
Oh Happy Day
(1970)
Norwood
(1970)

Oh Happy Day is the fourteenth studio album and first gospel album by American singer-songwriter Glen Campbell. It was released in April 1970.

Contents

Track listing

Side 1:

  1. "Someone Above" (Andrew Sandersier, James L. Faragher) – 3:20
  2. "Oh Happy Day" (Edwin Hawkins) – 3:38
  3. "I Believe" (Ervin Drake, Irvin Graham, Jimmy Shirl, Al Stillman) – 2:47
  4. "He's Got the Whole World in His Hands" (Traditional, arranged by Marty Paich) – 2:33
  5. "You'll Never Walk Alone" (Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II) – 2:49

Side 2:

  1. "One Pair of Hands" (Mike Curtis, Barbarita Campbell) – 2:28
  2. "He" (Jack Richards, Richard Mullan) – 2:52
  3. "People Get Ready" (Curtis Mayfield) – 1:58
  4. "Angels in the Sky" (Dick Glasser) – 2:45
  5. "Daddy Sang Bass" (Carl Perkins) – 2:12

Personnel

Production

Charts

AlbumBillboard (United States)

ChartEntry datePeak positionNo. of weeks
Billboard Country AlbumsMay 16, 19701620
Billboard 200 197038?

SinglesBillboard (United States)

YearSingle Hot Country Singles Hot 100 Easy Listening
1970"Oh Happy Day"25407

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