"Let Me Sing and I'm Happy" is a song written by Irving Berlin and introduced by Al Jolson in the 1930 film Mammy.
Reception The Commonweal magazine opined upon the film's release: "[Mr. Jolson] can make such songs as "Let Me Sing and I'm Happy" [...] seem to have an importance quite beyong their mildly tuneful worth." The New Movie Magazine called the song "the best of [...] Mammy numbers".
The song became a hit and one of Jolson's signature tunes.
Steven Suskin called the song "warm" and "genuine" in his 1990 song catalogue.
In their book Irving Berlin: A Life in Song, Philip Furia and Graham Wood name "Let Me Sing and I'm Happy" as one of Berlin's most buoyant songs.
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