| Happiness Is Being with the Spinners | |
| Type: | Studio |
| Artist: | The Spinners |
| Cover: | Happinessisbeingwiththespinners.jpg |
| Released: | July 1976 |
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| Genre: | R&B |
| Length: | 35:36 |
| Label: | Atlantic |
| Producer: | Thom Bell |
| Prev Title: | Pick of the Litter |
| Prev Year: | 1975 |
| Next Title: | Yesterday, Today, & Tomorrow |
| Next Year: | 1977 |
Happiness Is Being with the Spinners is the seventh studio album recorded by American R&B group The Spinners, released in July 1976 on the Atlantic label. It was produced by Thom Bell and recorded at Sigma Sound Studios in Philadelphia and Kaye-Smith Studios in Seattle.
The album reached the top ten of the R&B albums chart, their last to do so, peaking at number five. It also reached #25 on the Billboard 200. The single edit version of the seven-minute "The Rubberband Man" became the group's sixth and final R&B chart-topper and peaked at number two on the Billboard Hot 100. It also reached #16 on the UK Singles Chart. Another single, "Wake Up Susan", had moderate success on the charts.
| Chart (1976) | Peak [1] |
|---|---|
| U.S. Billboard Top LPs | 25 |
| U.S. Billboard Top Soul LPs | 5 |
| Year | Single | Peak chart positions | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US | US R&B | UK [2] | ||
| 1976 | "Wake Up Susan" | 56 | 11 | - |
| "The Rubberband Man" | 2 | 1 | 16 | |