Happy Birthday Blues

Name: Happy Birthday Blues
Duration: 3 min 15 s

~ Recording by B.B. King

Appears on releases

#	Title	Length	Track artist	Release title	Release artist	Release group type	Country/Date	Label	Catalog#
Official
1.3	Happy Birthday Blues	3:15	B.B. King	Take It Home	B.B. King	Album	US1979	MCA Records (1967–2003; name as in imprint during 1972–1990)	MCA 3151
1.3	Happy Birthday Blues	3:15	B.B. King	Take It Home	B.B. King	Album	-1998-04-21	MCA Records (1967–2003; name as in imprint during 1972–1990), Geffen Records	MCAD-11770
1.3	Happy Birthday Blues	3:15	B.B. King	Take It Home	B.B. King	Album	XW2021	Geffen Records	[none]

recorded in:	Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (from 1978-12 until 1979-01)

engineer and mixer:	Rik Pekkonen
producer:	Wilton Felder Stix Hooper Stewart Levine (record producer and saxophonist) Joe Sample
baritone saxophone:	Kim Hutchcroft (from 1978-12 until 1979-01)
drums (drum set) and percussion:	James Gadson (American drummer) (from 1978-12 until 1979-01)
saxophone:	Dennis Quitman (from 1978-12 until 1979-01) Larry Williams (jazz keyboard, sax, flute & clarinet; producer, composer, arranger, and multi‐instrumentalist) (from 1978-12 until 1979-01)
trombone:	Charles Fendley (from 1978-12 until 1979-01) Jack Redmond (from 1978-12 until 1979-01)
trumpet:	Gary Grant (brass) (from 1978-12 until 1979-01) Steve Madaio (from 1978-12 until 1979-01)
background vocals:	Luther Waters (from 1978-12 until 1979-01) Maxine Waters (from 1978-12 until 1979-01) Oren Waters (from 1978-12 until 1979-01)
vocals:	Julia Tillman (from 1978-12 until 1979-01)

recording of:	Happy Birthday Blues (from 1978-12 until 1979-01)

lyricist and composer:	Will Jennings Joe Sample

later versions:	J’ai le bonjour du blues