The song was later a huge hit for jazz-rock band Blood, Sweat & Tears in 1969, and became a Gold record.

[3] Reaction to the song was stronger than Holloway's previous offerings, rising to number 39 on the Billboard Hot 100 and becoming her third Top-40 pop single.

After two years singing backgrounds for acts such as Joe Cocker, Holloway retired to marry a preacher and raise a family.

[6] Brenda Holloway's "You've Made Me So Very Happy" received a boost when the jazz-rock group Blood, Sweat & Tears recorded a new arrangement in 1969.

[7] Included on the group's eponymous second album, it became one of Blood, Sweat & Tears' biggest hits, reaching number 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States in April 1969.