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"Hotel Happiness" is a song written by Leon Carr and Earl Shuman and performed by Brook Benton featuring The Merry Melody Singers. It reached #2 on the U.S. R&B chart, #3 on the U.S. pop chart, and #6 on the Cashbox chart in 1963.[1]

"Hotel Happiness"
Single by Brook Benton
B-side	"Still Water Runs Deep"
Released	November 1962 (1962-11)
Genre	R&B
Length	2:40
Label	Mercury
Songwriter(s)	Leon Carr, Earl Shuman
Producer(s)	Shelby Singleton
Brook Benton singles chronology
"Lie to Me" (1962) "Hotel Happiness" (1962) "The Boll Weevil Song" (1963)

The single's B-side, "Still Water Runs Deep", reached #81 on the Cashbox chart and #89 on the U.S. pop chart.[2]

The song was arranged by Jerry Kennedy and produced by Shelby Singleton.[3]

Other versions

• Dora Hall released a version of the song as the B-side to her 1963 single "Did He Call Today, Mama?"[4]
• Jumpin' Gene Simmons released a version of the song on his 1964 album Jumpin' Gene Simmons.[5]
• Jimmy Smith released a version of the song on his 1967 album I'm Movin' On.[6]
• The Persuasions released a version of the song on their 1993 album Toubo's Song.[7]
• Mountain released a version of the song on their 1996 album Man's World.[8]

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