Happy Children
Encyclopedia
Happy Children is the fourth studio album by British
Afro-pop band
Osibisa
released in 1973 by Warner Bros. Records
WB 2732. Released on CD format 2000 by One Way Records 35164 and COE Records COE 111.
United Kingdom
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Afro-pop band
Musical ensemble
A musical ensemble is a group of people who perform instrumental or vocal music. In classical music, trios or quartets either blend the sounds of musical instrument families or group together instruments from the same instrument family, such as string ensembles or wind ensembles...
Osibisa
Osibisa
Osibisa is a British Afro-pop band, founded in London in 1969 by four expatriate African and three Caribbean musicians. Osibisa were one of the first African bands to become widely popular, leading to claims of founding World Music.-History:...
released in 1973 by Warner Bros. Records
Warner Bros. Records
Warner Bros. Records Inc. is an American record label. It was the foundation label of the present-day Warner Music Group, and now operates as a wholly owned subsidiary of that corporation. It maintains a close relationship with its former parent, Warner Bros. Pictures, although the two companies...
WB 2732. Released on CD format 2000 by One Way Records 35164 and COE Records COE 111.
Track listing
Track listing CD COE Records
- "Happy Children"
- "Fire"
- "Adwoa"
- "Take Your Trouble... Go"
- "Bassa-Bassa"
- "Somaja"
- "Kotoku"
- "We Want to Know"
Personnel
- Teddy Osei – tenor saxophone, flute, percussion, vocals
- Sol Amarfio – bongos, drums
- Mac Tontoh – trumpet, flugelhorn
- Kofi Ayivor - congas, percussion
- Jean-Karl Dikoto Mandengue - bass
- Jean-Alain Roussel - keyboards
Credits
- Producer – Peter Gallen
- Engineer – Ashley Howe
- Recorded at Lansdowne Studios, London, England, September 1973
- Cover illustration - Jeff Schrier
- Art direction - Ed Thrasher
- Photography – Fin Costello
Chart positions
| Year | Chart | Position |
|---|---|---|
| 1973 | Billboard Billboard (magazine) Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis... |
202 |