Open up Your Heart (and Let the Sunshine in)
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"Open up Your Heart (and Let the Sunshine in)" is a popular song.
It was written by Stuart Hamblen. The song was published in 1954.
The biggest hit version in the United States was a recording by the Cowboy Church Sunday School (peaking at #8 on the Billboard charts); in the United Kingdom, by Joan Regan and her son Rusty. Another US recording was made by the McGuire Sisters.
When the Cowboy Church Sunday School version is played at normal speed, 45 rpm, the vocal sounds unnaturally high. When played at 33⅓ rpm the vocal sounds more natural. In fact the song was recorded at that speed by Stuart Hamblen's wife and adult daughters, so that when played at 45rpm it sounds like a little girl.
The most famous recording of this song for baby-boomers featured Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm on The Flintstones, although the song was stripped of its religious lyrics for inclusion in the show.
Another version was released in 1995 on a cd compilation entitled "Saturday Morning Cartoons' Greatest Hits" by the band Frente! Original vocals by Rebecca Page and her mother Ricky Page, who later became The Bermudas and then The Majorettes. They were managed by George Motola, who was Ricky's husband. Rebecca did the vocals for Pebbles and Ricky did the vocals for Bamm-Bamm.
[edit] See also
- Hair (musical) - the Broadway version contains a (different) song sub-named "Let the Sunshine In".
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