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.

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Happiness Is Being with the Spinners
Studio album by The Spinners
Released	July 1976
Studio	Sigma Sound Studios (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) Kaye-Smith Studios (Seattle, Washington)
Genre	R&B
Length	35:36
Label	Atlantic
Producer	Thom Bell
The Spinners chronology
Pick of the Litter (1975) Happiness Is Being with the Spinners (1976) Yesterday, Today, & Tomorrow (1977)

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Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Christgau's Record Guide	B−[2]
Tom Hull – on the Web	B+ ()[3]

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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.

• Henry Fambrough, Billy Henderson, Pervis Jackson, Bobby Smith, Philippé Soul Wynne – vocals
• Carla Benson, Evette Benton, Barbara Ingram – backing vocals
• Tony Bell, Bobby Eli – guitars
• Thom Bell – keyboards, producer, arranger, conductor
• Bob Babbitt – bass guitar
• Andrew Smith – drums
• Larry Washington – percussion
• MFSB – orchestra

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