Happy Jack

Happy Jack may refer to:

  • "Happy Jack" (song), a song by The Who
  • Happy Jack, U.S. title of A Quick One, an album by The Who
  • Happy Jack, Arizona, U.S., an unincorporated town
  • Happy Jack, a play by John Godber
  • John Scaddan, nicknamed "Happy Jack", former premier of Western Australia
  • John Wilton, an Australian general nicknamed Happy Jack
  • See also

  • Wyoming Highway 210 or Happy Jack Road, a Wyoming (U.S.) State Road
  • Happy Jack Summit, a mountain pass in the Southern Rocky Mountains, Wyoming, U.S.
  • Happy Jack Mine, a uranium mine near Monticello, Utah, U.S.
  • A Quick One

    A Quick One is the second studio album by English rock band The Who, released in 1966. The album was also released under the title Happy Jack on Decca Records in the United States, where the song "Happy Jack" was a top 40 hit.

    Composition and production

    The Who's second studio album departs from the R&B emphasis of the first. Part of the marketing push for the album was a requirement that each band member should write at least two of the songs on it, though Roger Daltrey only wrote one (See My Way), so this is The Who album least dominated by Pete Townshend's songwriting. It was recorded at IBC Studios, Pye Studios, and Regent Sound in London England in 1966 by record producer Kit Lambert.

    "Boris the Spider" was written after John Entwistle had been out drinking with Rolling Stones bassist Bill Wyman. They were making up funny names for animals when Entwistle came up with the song. The chorus utilises vocals that influenced the vocal style of death metal singers. "Boris the Spider" quickly became Entwistle's most popular song, still performed decades later: in later years he often wore a spider necklace. "Happy Jack", though quirky, remains a favourite.

    Happy Jack (song)

    "Happy Jack" is a song by the British rock band The Who. It was released as a single in December 1966 in the UK, peaking at No. 3 in the charts. It peaked at No. 1 in Canada. It was also their first top forty hit in the United States, where it was released in March 1967 and peaked at No. 24. It was included on the American version of their second album, Happy Jack, originally titled A Quick One in the UK.

    The song features Roger Daltrey on lead vocals with John Entwistle singing the first verse, making it one of the few songs composed by Pete Townshend to feature Entwistle on lead vocals. At the tail end of "Happy Jack", Townshend can be heard shouting "I saw you!", and it is said that he was noticing drummer Keith Moon trying to join in surreptitiously to add his voice to the recording, something the rest of the band disliked.

    According to some sources, Townshend reported the song is about a man who slept on the beach near where Townshend vacationed as a child. Children on the beach would laugh at the man and once buried him in the sand. However, the man never seemed to mind and only smiled in response.

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    Happy Jack

    by: The Who

    Happy Jack wasn't old, but he was a man
    He lived in the sand at the Isle of Man
    The kids would all sing, he would take the wrong key
    So they rode on his head on their furry donkey
    The kids couldn't hurt Jack
    They tried and tried and tried
    They dropped things on his back
    And lied and lied and lied and lied and lied
    But they couldn't stop Jack, or the waters lapping
    And they couldn't prevent Jack from feeling happy
    But they couldn't stop Jack, or the waters lapping
    And they couldn't prevent Jack from feeling happy
    The kids couldn't hurt Jack
    They tried and tried and tried
    They dropped things on his back
    And lied and lied and lied and lied and lied
    But they couldn't stop Jack, or the waters lapping
    And they couldn't prevent Jack from feeling happy
    (I saw ya!)




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