Spread a Little Happiness
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Spread a Little Happiness is a song by English
musical comedy composer Vivian Ellis
from his 1929 musical Mr. Cinders
. Ellis was suffering from a fever of 103 degrees (Fahrenheit) when he wrote this song. In the original production it was sung by Bobby Howes
as Jim, but Binnie Hale
was the singer on the 78 RPM record that was released.
English musician Sting covered the song for the soundtrack of the film Brimstone and Treacle
. It reached #16 on the UK Pop chart.
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
musical comedy composer Vivian Ellis
Vivian Ellis
Vivian Ellis was an English musical comedy composer best known for the song "Spread a Little Happiness" and the theme "Coronation Scot".-Life and work:...
from his 1929 musical Mr. Cinders
Mr. Cinders
Mr. Cinders is a musical. The music is by Vivian Ellis & Richard Myers, and the libretto by Clifford Grey & Greatorex Newman. The story is an inversion of the Cinderella fairy tale with the gender roles reversed. The Prince Charming character has become a modern young and forceful woman, and Mr....
. Ellis was suffering from a fever of 103 degrees (Fahrenheit) when he wrote this song. In the original production it was sung by Bobby Howes
Bobby Howes
Bobby Howes, born as Charles Robert William Howes on 4 August 1895 in Battersea, England. His parents were Robert William Howes and Rose Marie Butler.- Biography :...
as Jim, but Binnie Hale
Binnie Hale
Binnie Hale was an English actress and musician. Both her father, Robert Hale and younger brother, Sonnie Hale were actors. She married West End actor Jack Raine, with whom she had one daughter....
was the singer on the 78 RPM record that was released.
English musician Sting covered the song for the soundtrack of the film Brimstone and Treacle
Brimstone and Treacle
-Potter on Brimstone and Treacle:In 1978, Potter said:I had written Brimstone and Treacle in difficult personal circumstances. Years of acute psoriatic arthropathy—unpleasantly affecting skin and joints—had not only taken their toll in physical damage but had also, and perhaps inevitably, mediated...
. It reached #16 on the UK Pop chart.