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Biography

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.

Top Tracks

1	If You Wanna Be Happy	230
2	If You Want To Be Happy For The Rest Of Your Life	16
3	If You Wanna Be Happy For The Rest Of Your Life	10
4	If You Want To Be Happy	7
5	Respectable	3
6	Twistin' Matilda (And the Channel)	2
6	Go Away Christina	2
6	If You Wanne Be Happy	2
6	jimmy soul - if you wanna be happy for the rest of your life	2
10	Go 'Way Christina	1
10	I Hate You Baby	1
10	Hands Off	1
10	Twistin' Matilda	1
10	If You Wanna Be Happy (never make a pretty woman your wife)	1
10	If You Wanna Be Happy (for the Rest of Your Life)	1