50+ Music<p>"Get Happy" is a song composed by <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/HaroldArlen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HaroldArlen</span></a>, with lyrics written by <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/TedKoehler" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TedKoehler</span></a>. It was the first song they wrote together, and was introduced by <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/RuthEtting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RuthEtting</span></a> in The Nine-Fifteen Revue in 1930. The song expresses the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/gospelMusic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>gospelMusic</span></a> theme of <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/gettingHappy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>gettingHappy</span></a>, an expression of <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/religiousEcstasy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>religiousEcstasy</span></a> for salvation. It is most associated with <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/JudyGarland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JudyGarland</span></a>, who performed it in her last MGM film <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/SummerStock" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SummerStock</span></a> (1950) and in live concert performances throughout the rest of her life. <br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q7d0NRewzW4" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">youtube.com/watch?v=q7d0NRewzW4</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>