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(You Don't Know) How Glad I Am

1964 single by Nancy Wilson From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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"(You Don't Know) How Glad I Am" is a song written by Jimmy Williams and Larry Harrison.[1] In the US, its best-known recorded version is that by Nancy Wilson, a hit single for her, in the summer of 1964.

Quick facts Single by Nancy Wilson, from the album How Glad I Am ...
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Wilson, who had been recording since 1960, was afforded her first pop Top 40 hit with ..."How Glad I Am":

  • (Nancy Wilson quote:)"I went into the studio with the idea of recording a Top 40 kind of hit [with '...How Glad I Am']. Actually though I didn't sing any differently.....It's the material itself that did it [along with] the arrangement."[2]

The single went to No. 11 on the Hot 100, as well as No. 2 on the Billboard Pop-Standard Singles chart.[3]

In April 1965 "(You Don't Know) How Glad I Am" received the Grammy Award for Best Rhythm & Blues Recording: Wilson was surprised by the categorization of "...How Glad I Am" as R&B as she would have classified it as a pop record,[4] and the track had not been a major R&B hit peaking at No. 45 on the Cash Box R&B chart (the Billboard R&B chart was dormant throughout 1964).[5]

Wilson would have one additional Top 40 hit after the success of "(You Don't Know) How Glad I Am": In 1968, "Face It Girl, It's Over", reached its peak position of 29.

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