Jimmy Soul - If You Wanna Be Happy (The Very Best Of Jimmy Soul) (1996) [FLAC] 01 - If You Wanna Be Happy 02 - I Can't Hold Out Any Longer 03 - Some Kinda Nut 04 - Twistin' Matilda (And The Channel) 05 - Take Me To Los Angeles 06 - Call Me 07 - When I Get My Car 08 - Everybody's Gone Ape 09 - Guess Things Happen That Way 10 - She's Alright 11 - Church Street In The Summertime 12 - I Want To Know If You Love Me 13 - You're Nothing 14 - I Hate You Baby 15 - My Little Room 16 - You Can't Have Your Cake 17 - I Know Why Dreamers Cry 18 - Hands Off 19 - I Love You So 20 - Treat 'Em Tough 21 - I Need Your Love 22 - Tell Me Why 23 - Don't Release Me 24 - When Matilda Comes Back 25 - Go 'Way Christina Jimmy Soul (August 24, 1942 – June 15, 1988) was an American vocalist. He is best remembered for his 1963 number one hit, "If You Wanna Be Happy." - Even though it contains a bunch of the same material, Ace's If You Wanna Be Happy: The Very Best of Jimmy Soul trumps the Rhino collection, since it cuts out novelties and has a sharper track selection. This still is a lot of Jimmy Soul, probably too much for most listeners, but if you're serious about your pop-soul, this is the Jimmy Soul collection to get. - Soul only had two chart hit singles, both of which were Bonds's cast-offs. The first was "Twistin' Matilda" in 1962. The other was the Billboard Hot 100 number one hit "If You Wanna Be Happy" in 1963. The latter was based on the calypso, "Ugly Woman," by Roaring Lion. "If You Wanna Be Happy" sold over one million gramophone records, earning gold disc status. It had two spells in the UK Singles Chart, peaking at #39 (1963) and #68 (1991) respectively. - After unsuccessfully trying to follow up the success of those songs with one more album, Soul gave up his career as a musician and joined the United States Army. Later in life, Soul fell into a drug habit, and on January 9, 1986 was sentenced to 4 and a half to 9 years in prison as a second felony offender, convicted of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree and criminal possession of a controlled substance in the third degree. The sentence was affirmed upon appeals on October 26, 1987 and March 22, 1988. Soul died of a presumably drug related heart attack on June 15, 1988, aged 45.