Sunday, Monday....

Happy Days!:


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(That's the single, so it's not exactly the same as the Happy Days theme.)

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"Happy Days" was written by Charles Fox and Norman Gimbel, neither of whom I had heard of before, but that's just my ignorance showing.

The (Jewish) composer Charles Fox has written over 100 film scores (collecting 2 Oscar nominations); scored and theme-songed TV shows such as "The Love Boat," "The Paper Chase" (with Gimbel), and "Laverne and Shirley" (with Gimbel) in addition to "Happy Days," picking up two Emmys and two additional nominations; and dozens of pop hits, including the Grammy-winning "Killing Me Softly with His Song" (with Gimbel).

Jewish lyricist Norman Gimbel collaborated on two Broadway musicals; wrote English lyrics to a number of Brazilian songs (including "The Girl from Ipanema"); wrote the lyrics to songs for over 70 films (picking up two Oscar nominations and one win and four Golden Globe nominations) and numerous TV shows--not forgetting the Grammy for "Killing Me Softly with His Song" that he shared with Charles Fox and Roberta Flack.

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Seeing as this already has over 2 million views, I'm hardly the first person to be made happy by this rendition of "Mad World" by Curt Smith (of Tears for Fears) and his daughter Diva, but it's still making me happy, so here you go!


Video posted by Tory Burch

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