Jimmy Soul (August 24, 1942 - June 25, 1988), born James McCleese in Weldon, North Carolina, was a vocalist. He performed gospel as a teenager, later scouted by Frank Guida and recruited to sing songs handpicked for one of Guida's other hit artists, Gary U.S. Bonds. Soul only ever had two chart hits, both which were Bond's cast-offs, "Twistin' Matilda", in 1962, and the Billboard Hot 100 number one hit "If You Wanna Be Happy" (based on the calypso, "Ugly Woman", by Roaring Lion) in 1963.
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If You Wanna Be Happy
If You Want to Be Happy
If You Want To Be Happy For The Rest Of Your Life
If You Wanna Be Happy For The Rest Of Your Life
Twistin' Matilda (And the Channel)
Happy for the Rest of Your Life
Twistin' Matilda
Respectable
Take Me to Los Angeles
A Woman Is Smarter in Every Kinda Way
Go Way Christina
I Hate You Baby
When Matilda Comes Back
Church Street In The Summertime
Hands Off
One Million Tears
I Want To Know If You Love Me
Everybody's Gonna Ape
Treat 'Em Tough
I Can't Hold out Any Longer
Everybody's Gone Ape
Some Kinda Nut
Guess Things Happen That Way
jimmy soul - if you wanna be happy for the rest of your life
if you wanna be happy never make a pretty woman your wife
If You Wanna Be Happy (REMASTERED)
Rock 'n' Roll Santa
Don't Release Me
If You Wanna Be Happy (never make a pretty woman your wife)
Go 'Way Christina
Get An Ugly Girl To Marry You
She's Alright
Call Me
My Baby Loves to Bowl
Tell Me Why
I Love You So
Jimmy Soul - If You Wanna Be Happy
I Know Why Dreamers Cry
Make An Ugly Woman Your Wife
I Need Your Love
If You Wanna Be Happy (for the Rest of Your Life)
When I Get My Car
I You Wanna Be Happy
You're Nothing
You Can't Have Your cake
If You Wanna Be
My Little Room
Happy for the Rest of Your Lif
If You Wanna Be Happy (1963)
If You Wanna Be Happy For the
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