Jazz Standards Songs and Instrumentals (Happiness Is a Thing Called Joe)

Happiness Is a Thing Called Joe (1942)

AKA	Happiness Is Just a Thing Called Joe

Rank	721

Music	Harold Arlen

Lyrics	Yip Harburg

Currently, 1000 jazz standards are ranked and have web pages (click on Songs for the full list).

The top 300 are fully documented:

Year	Rank	Title
1930	1	“Body and Soul”
1939	2	“All the Things You Are”
1935	3	“Summertime”
1944	4	“'Round Midnight”
1935	5	“I Can't Get Started (with You)”
1937	6	“My Funny Valentine”
1942	7	“Lover Man (Oh, Where Can You Be)”
1930	8	“What Is This Thing Called Love?”
1933	9	“Yesterdays”
1946	10	“Stella by Starlight”

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This section shows the jazz standards written by the same writing team.

Harold Arlen and Yip Harburg
Year	Rank	Title
1938	63	“Over the Rainbow”
1937	526	“Last Night When We Were Young”
1942	721	“Happiness Is a Thing Called Joe”

Harold Arlen, Yip Harburg and Billy Rose
Year	Rank	Title
1933	154	“It's Only a Paper Moon”

Additional information for "Happiness Is a Thing Called Joe" may be found in:


David Ewen American Songwriters: An H.W. Wilson Biographical Dictionary H. W. Wilson Hardcover: 489 pages
1 paragraph including the following types of information: history and performers.


Alec Wilder American Popular Song: The Great Innovators, 1900-1950 Oxford University Press; Reprint edition Hardcover: 576 pages
3 paragraphs including the following types of information: music analysis.


Thomas S. Hischak The American Musical Film Song Encyclopedia Greenwood Press Hardcover: 536 pages
1 paragraph including the following types of information: summary and performers.


Susan Sackett Hollywood Sings!: An Inside Look at Sixty Years of Academy Award-Nominated Songs Pub Overstock Unlimited Inc Paperback: 332 pages
5 paragraphs including the following types of information: history.


Robert Gottlieb, Robert Kimball Reading Lyrics Pantheon Hardcover: 736 pages
Includes the following types of information: song lyrics.


Roy Hemming The Melody Lingers On: The Great Songwriters and Their Movie Musicals Newmarket Pr; Reprint edition Paperback
1 paragraph including the following types of information: anecdotal. (Page 13).