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C’mon…Get Happy! followed quickly on the heels of Riddle's “Hey...Let Yourself Go!,” which had been released six months earlier, in April 1957, and had enjoyed commercial success. The album liner notes characterized the new collection as “some of the brightest, most danceable music ever,” with “sparkling, up-tempo numbers.”

Reception

One reviewer observed that “most of this album's 12 songs are upbeat and enthusiastic, and even the slower numbers boast a purposeful swing and the arrangements are punchy and gracefully embroidered with exceptional instrumental work from Riddle's studio orchestra.”

Like “Hey…Let Yourself Go!”, “C’mon…Get Happy!” reached number 20 on the Billboard chart.

Track listing

Side 1

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Jeannine, I Dream of Lilac Time"	Nat Shilkret, L. Wolfe Gilbert	2:17
2.	"Without A Song"	Billy Rose, Edward Eliscu, Vincent Youmans	4:43
3.	"September In The Rain"	Al Dubin, Harry Warren	3:38
4.	"S'Posin'"	Andy Razaf, Paul Denniker	2:45
5.	"Am I Blue?"	Grant Clarke, Harry Akst	3:06
6.	"Rain"	Eugene Ford	2:38

Side 2

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"I'll Get By (As Long As I Have You)"	Fred E. Ahlert, Roy Turk	2:56
2.	"Diga Diga Do"	Jimmy McHugh]], Dorothy Fields	2:36
3.	"For All We Know 2:56"	J. Fred Coots, Sam M. Lewis	2:56
4.	"Time Was 2:48"	Miguel Prado, S.K. Russell	2:48
5.	"Something to Remember You By"	Arthur Schwartz, Howard Dietz	3:02
6.	"Get Happy"	Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler	2:38

References

"Capitol Kicks Off Lineup of 31 New Albums for October". The Cash Box. New York NY. October 12, 1957. p. 28.
C’mon…Get Happy! (LP record). Nelson Riddle. Hollywood, California: Capitol Records. 1957.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
Mark Deming. "C'mon...Get Happy!". AllMusic.com. Retrieved March 3, 2023.
Levinson, Peter J. (2001). September in the Rain; The Life of Nelson Riddle. Billboard Books. p. 181. ISBN 0-8230-7672-5.

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Albums	The Music from Oklahoma! (Capitol, 1955) The Tender Touch (Capitol, 1956) Hey...Let Yourself Go! (Capitol, 1957) C'mon...Get Happy! (Capitol, 1957) Sea of Dreams (Capitol, 1958) The Joy of Living (Capitol, 1959) Sing a Song with Riddle (Capitol, 1959) Music of the Motion Picture "Can Can" (Capitol, 1960) Original Music from The TV Show The Untouchables (Capitol, 1960) Dance to the Music of "Tenderloin" (Capitol, 1961) Love Tide (Capitol, 1961) Magic Moments from "The Gay Life" (Capitol, 1961) Route 66 Theme and Other Great TV Themes (Capitol, 1962) Love Is a Game of Poker (Capitol, 1962) More Hit TV Themes (Capitol, 1963) The Best of Nelson Riddle (Capitol, 1963) White on White, Shangri-La, Charade & Other Hits of 1964 (Reprise, 1964) Original Music from The Rogues (RCA Victor, 1964) Interprets Great Music, Great Films, Great Sounds (Reprise, 1964) NAT: An Orchestral Portrait of Nat "King" Cole (Reprise, 1966) Music for Wives and Lovers (Solid State, 1967) The Bright and the Beautiful (Liberty, 1967) The Riddle of Today (Liberty, 1968) British Columbia Suite (Capilano, 1969) Nelson Riddle Conducts The 101 Strings (Marble Arch, 1970) Communication (MPS, 1971) Changing Colors (MPS, 1972)
With Rosemary Clooney	Rosie Solves the Swingin' Riddle! (RCA Victor, 1961) Love (Reprise, 1963)
With Nat King Cole	Unforgettable (Capitol, 1954) Nat King Cole Sings for Two in Love (Capitol, 1954) The Piano Style of Nat King Cole (Capitol, 1955) Ballads of the Day (Capitol, 1956) St. Louis Blues (Capitol, 1958) Cole Español (1958) To Whom It May Concern (Capitol, 1959) Wild Is Love (Capitol, 1960)
With Ella Fitzgerald	Ella Fitzgerald Sings the George and Ira Gershwin Song Book (Verve, 1959) Ella Swings Gently with Nelson (Verve, 1962) Ella Swings Brightly with Nelson (Verve, 1962) Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Jerome Kern Song Book (Verve, 1963) Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Johnny Mercer Song Book (Verve, 1964) Ella Loves Cole Dream Dancing (Atlantic, 1972) The Best Is Yet to Come (Pablo, 1982)
With Linda Ronstadt	What's New? (Elektra, 1983) Lush Life (Elektra, 1984) For Sentimental Reasons (Elektra, 1986)
With Frank Sinatra	Swing Easy! (Capitol, 1954) Songs for Young Lovers (Capitol, 1954) In the Wee Small Hours (Capitol, 1955) Songs for Swingin' Lovers! (Capitol, 1956) Close to You (Capitol, 1956) A Swingin' Affair! (Capitol, 1956) Frank Sinatra Sings for Only the Lonely (Capitol, 1958) Nice 'n' Easy (Capitol, 1960) Sinatra's Swingin' Session!!! (Capitol, 1960) The Concert Sinatra (1963) Sinatra's Sinatra (1963) Sinatra Sings Days of Wine and Roses, Moon River, and Other Academy Award Winners (Reprise, 1964) Strangers in the Night (Reprise, 1966) Moonlight Sinatra (Reprise, 1966)
With Keely Smith	I Wish You Love (Capitol, 1958) Swingin' Pretty (Capitol, 1959) Little Girl Blue/Little Girl New (Reprise, 1963)
With Ed Townsend	New In Town (Capitol, 1959) Glad To Be Here (Capitol, 1959)
With others	Shirley Bassey, Let's Face the Music (Columbia, 1962) Bing Crosby, Return to Paradise Islands (Reprise, 1964) Judy Garland, Judy (1956) Antônio Carlos Jobim, The Wonderful World of Antônio Carlos Jobim (Warner Bros., 1965) Peggy Lee, The Man I Love (Capitol, 1957) Dean Martin, This Time I'm Swingin'! (Capitol, 1960) Johnny Mathis, I'll Buy You a Star (Capitol, 1962) Oscar Peterson, Oscar Peterson and Nelson Riddle (Verve, 1964) Mavis Rivers, Take a Number (Capitol, 1959) Tommy Sands, When I'm Thinking of You (Capitol, 1959) Dinah Shore, Dinah, Yes Indeed! (Capitol, 1959) Phil Silvers, Phil Silvers and Swinging Brass (Columbia, 1957)

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