Sometimes I’m Happy

~ Recording by Lester Young Quartet

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack artistRelease titleRelease artistRelease group typeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
1.7Sometimes I’m Happy?:??Lester Young QuartetCount BasieCount Basie And The Kansas City Seven / Lester Young E Seu QuartetoAlbum
Mercury Records (or just “Mercury”; a UMG imprint, do not use it for ©/℗ credits)MG 25015
1.4Sometimes I'm Happy?:??Lester YoungPres Meets Vice PresPres Meets Vice PresAlbum + Compilation
EmArcyMG-26021
1.8Sometimes I'm Happy3:09Lester Young QuartetThe Complete Lester YoungLester YoungAlbum
Mercury Records (or just “Mercury”; a UMG imprint, do not use it for ©/℗ credits)830 920-2
1.8Sometimes I'm Happy3:09Lester Young QuartetThe Complete Lester YoungLester YoungAlbum
Mercury Records (or just “Mercury”; a UMG imprint, do not use it for ©/℗ credits)830 920-2
1.9Sometimes I'm Happy3:08Lester Young QuartetThe Complete 1936-1951 Small Group Sessions, Volume 2: 1942-1944Lester YoungAlbum + Compilation
Blue Moon (Spanish label)BMCD 1002
1.2Sometimes I'm Happy3:09Lester YoungVerve Jazz Masters 30Lester YoungAlbum + Compilation
  • US1994-10-18
Verve (jazz label, aka “Verve Records”, use this for release labels)314 521859 2
1.1Sometimes I’m Happy3:09Lester YoungThe Quintessence, Volume 1: Chicago - New York - Los Angeles 1936-1944Lester YoungAlbum + Compilation
Frémeaux & AssociésFA 210
1.14Sometimes I'm Happy3:08Lester Young QuartetJazz Greats, Volume 18: Lester Young: Linger AwhileLester YoungAlbum + Compilation
Marshall Cavendish Partworks Limited (Publishing company)JAZZ CD 018
1.4Sometimes I'm Happy3:09Lester YoungThe Chronological Classics: Lester Young 1943-1946Lester YoungAlbum + Compilation
Classics (French jazz reissue label)932
1.23Sometimes I'm Happy3:06Lester YoungThe Great SoloistsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment)ESSCD027
1.13Sometimes I'm Happy3:08Lester Young QuartetKansas City SwingLester YoungAlbum + Compilation
Definitive Records (jazz reissues)DRCD11118
1.11Sometimes I'm Happy3:08Lester YoungLester Young: Exercise in SwingLester YoungAlbum + Compilation
Giants of Jazz (Italian)
3.1Sometimes I'm Happy3:08Lester YoungThe Lester Young StoryLester YoungAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2000-05-15
Proper RecordsPROPERBOX 8
1.14Sometimes I'm Happy3:11Lester Young QuartetKen Burns Jazz: Definitive Lester YoungLester YoungAlbum + Compilation
  • US2000-11-07
Verve (jazz label, aka “Verve Records”, use this for release labels)314 549 082-2
1.14Sometimes I'm Happy3:11Lester Young QuartetKen Burns Jazz: Definitive Lester YoungLester YoungAlbum + Compilation
Verve (jazz label, aka “Verve Records”, use this for release labels)549 082-2
11.16Sometimes I’m Happy3:05Lester YoungLes Triomphes du jazzVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Haba’na
11.16Sometimes I’m Happy3:05Lester YoungLes Triomphes du jazzVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Haba’na111 201, 111 202, 111 203, 111 204, 111 205, 111 206, 111 207, 111 208, 111 209, 111 210, 111 211, 111 212, 111 213, 111 214, 111 215, 111 216, 111 217, 111 218, 111 219, 111 220
3.17Sometimes I'm Happy3:03Lester YoungPortraitLester YoungAlbum + Compilation
Past Perfect (DE reissue label of questionable legitimacy, run by TIM The International Music Company AG)205436-325, 205437, 205438, 205439, 205440, 205441, 205442, 205443, 205444, 205445, 205446
1.9Sometimes I’m Happy3:08Lester YoungSongs for a Lazy Sunday: Summer EditionVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Rajon Music Group
78.16Sometimes I'm Happy3:06Lester Young QuartetThe Ultimate Jazz ArchiveVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • DE2005-08-29
Membran Music Ltd.222800-387
2.16Sometimes I’m Happy3:06Lester Young QuartetThe Ultimate Jazz Archive, Set 20: Swing to Bebop, Modern JazzEarl Hines, Lester Young, Teddy Wilson, Benny CarterAlbum + Compilation
  • DE2005-08-29
Membran Music Ltd.222776-382
75.14Sometimes I’m Happy3:06Lester Young QuartetThe Encyclopedia of Jazz, Part 2/5: Swing Time - The Heyday of JazzVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • DE2008-10-24
Membran International GmbH232094
1.8Sometimes I'm Happy3:07Lester Young QuartetThe Keynote Jazz Collection 1941-1947Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Fresh Sound RecordsFSR-CD 815
5.15Sometimes I'm Happy3:07Lester Young QuartetClassic 1936-1947 Count Basie and Lester Young Studio SessionsLester Young & Count BasieAlbum + Compilation
Mosaic Records (US jazz reissues)MD8-263
2.12Sometimes I'm Happy3:06Lester YoungJammin' With LesterLester YoungAlbum + Compilation
History (TIM AG imprint)20.1963

Relationships

double bass:Slam Stewart (on 1943-12-28)
drums (drum set):Sid Catlett (on 1943-12-28)
piano:Johnny Guarnieri (on 1943-12-28)
tenor saxophone:Lester Young (saxophonist) (on 1943-12-28)
recording of:Sometimes I’m Happy (on 1943-12-28: instrumental)

Related works

Sometimes I’m Happy

lyricist:Vincent Youmans
composer:Irving Caesar
publisher:Harms, Inc.
part of:Hit the Deck (1927 musical)
Hit the Deck (1955 movie)