Happy Children

Happy Children is the fourth studio album by Ghanaian Afro-pop band Osibisa released in 1973 by Warner Bros. Records WB 2732. Released on CD format 2000 by One Way Records 35164 and COE Records COE 111.

Happy Children
Studio album by Osibisa
Released	1973
Recorded	September 1973
Genre	Afro-pop
Length	37:22
Label	Warner Bros. Records
Producer	Peter Gallen
Osibisa chronology
Superfly T.N.T. Soundtrack (1973) Happy Children (1973) Osibirock (1974)

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Happy Children"	Osibisa	6:32
2.	"We Want to Know (Mo)"	Osibisa	5:59
3.	"Kotoku"	Osibisa	2:39
4.	"Take Your Trouble... Go"	Osibisa	4:04
5.	"Adwoa"	Osibisa	4:16
6.	"Bassa-Bassa"	Osibisa	4:57
7.	"Somaja"	Osibisa	3:35
8.	"Fire"	Jimi Hendrix/Osibisa	5:20
Total length:			37:22

Track listing CD COE Records

1. "Happy Children"
2. "Fire"
3. "Adwoa"
4. "Take Your Trouble... Go"
5. "Bassa-Bassa"
6. "Somaja"
7. "Kotoku"
8. "We Want to Know"

Charts

Chart (1973/74)	Position
United States (Billboard 200)	202
Australia (Kent Music Report)[1]	46

Personnel

• Teddy Osei – tenor saxophone, flute, percussion, vocals
• Sol Amarfio – bongos, drums
• Mac Tontoh – trumpet, flugelhorn
• Kofi Ayivor - congas, percussion
• Jean-Karl Dikoto Mandengue - bass
• Jean-Alain Roussel - keyboards

Production

• Producer – Peter Gallen
• Engineer – Ashley Howe
• Recorded at Lansdowne Studios, London, England, September 1973
• Cover illustration - Jeff Schrier
• Art direction - Ed Thrasher
• Photography – Fin Costello

References

1. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 226. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.

• All information gathered from liner notes of CD Happy Children (Copyright © 1973 Warner Bros. Records WB 2732).
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