Happy Days (North End song)

"Happy Days" is a 1981 disco song by North End, produced and written by Arthur Baker, Russell Presto, Tony Carbone.

Baker would later move to New York where he met with DJ Tee Scott initially to make an instrumental version of the song.

The song was released by Emergency Records in 1981 and ended up peaking at 9th place on Billboard's Disco Top 80.

[3] Among the uncredited musicians on the track were drummer Russell Presto, keyboard player Andre Booth, and guitarist Charlie Street.

[3] In New York, Baker met Tee Scott and had him mix "Happy Days" at Right Track Recordings in Manhattan.

[1] Baker recalled of developing the song based on attending clubs and listening to "what producers are making and what the people at the club are liking", noting he was mildly inspired by the music DJ Larry Levan was playing stating the song had a "George Benson-meets-Chic vibe".

"[1] The song features syncopated guitar chords, keys, xylophone, and a "funk-fueled rhythm"[1] "Tee's Happy" predominantly dispenses with the vocals.