Oh How Happy
The Shades of Blue
1966
Annual listening list: initial release cycle, with recent carryovers; not an original-release-date field. Release chronology remains partly unverified.
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About The Shades of Blue
Song-specific inspiration or recording background is not established for this entry. This sourced artist profile provides career context.
The Shades of Blue developed from the Domingos, a vocal group formed by school friends in Livonia, near Detroit. Influenced by local R&B and Motown records, they performed at dances and talent shows before working with Edwin Starr and producer John Rhys. Their Impact recordings included Oh How Happy and the album Happiness Is the Shades of Blue.
Artist background sources
Shades of Blue - AllMusic biography
Read Livonia/Domingos history, R&B influences, Starr/Rhys collaboration and Impact album. Disputed songwriting-credit and royalty claims are not adopted. | Retrieved 2026-10-19
Profile reviewed: 2026-10-19. Artist background does not establish a song's creative origin or release date.
Retained annual-list context
Oh How Happy by The Shades of Blue appears at number 78 in the reviewed U.S. year-end table for 1966. No reliable song-specific account of its inspiration was established in this review.
Annual-list context only; songwriting inspiration remains unestablished
Billboard year-end 1966 table (Wikipedia transcription)
Secondary transcription reviewed 2026-10-11: title, artist and annual chart association; not original release date or complete recording metadata.
Other appearances and versions
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Source-backed annual association (secondary source; not a complete discographic review)
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Billboard year-end 1966 table (Wikipedia transcription)
Secondary transcription reviewed 2026-10-11: title, artist and annual chart association; not original release date or complete recording metadata.
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