The Happy Elf (song)
"The Happy Elf" is a holiday song with music and lyrics by Harry Connick Jr.
It was first released on Connick's album "Harry for the Holidays", which became the best selling Christmas album of 2003.
When asked about the songs on the album, Connick described "The Happy Elf" as a "kids’ song", about "how cool it would be to work in Santa’s shop".
It was also recorded for the "Harry For The Holidays" television special/DVD.
The song became the origin of an animated Christmas TV special, also named "The Happy Elf", which aired on NBC in 2005, and was released on DVD the same year.
An animated music video of the song became available on the film's official website in 2005.
"The Happy Elf" reached #35 on the singles charts (adult contemporary) in 2005.
Alonso Mudarra
Alonso Mudarra( c. 1510 – April 1, 1580) was a Spanish composer of the Renaissance, and also played the vihuela, a guitar- shaped string instrument.
He was an innovative composer of instrumental music as well as songs, and was the composer of the earliest surviving music for the guitar.
La Ballade des gens heureux
" La Ballade des gens heureux"( translation:" The Ballad of the Happy People") is a song by Gérard Lenorman, released in 1975.
English singer and songwriter Jonathan King wrote the British lyrics and had a hit with it as" The Happy People Song".
Michelangelo Faggioli
Michelangelo Faggioli( 1666–1733) was an Italian lawyer and celebrated amateur composer of humorous cantatas in Neapolitan dialect.
A founder of a new genre of Neapolitan comedy, he was the composer of the opera buffa" La Cilla" in 1706.
Walter Robinson (composer)
Walter Robinson is an African American composer of the late 20th century.
He is most notable for his 1977 song" Harriet Tubman", which has been recorded by folk musicians such as Holly Near, John McCutcheon, and others.
He is also the composer of several operas.
Ami Banglay Gaan Gai
" Ami Banglay Gaan Gai" is a patriotic song by Bangladeshi poet and composer Pratul Mukhopadhyay.
He is also the composer and original singer of the song.
The song was nominated as one the most popular songs on March, 2006.
Alexander Courage
Alexander Mair" Sandy" Courage Jr.( December 10, 1919
May 15, 2008) was an American orchestrator, arranger, and composer of music, primarily for television and film.
He is best known as the composer of the theme music for the original" Star Trek" series.
Petrus de Domarto
Petrus de Domarto( fl. c. 1445– 1455) was a Franco- Flemish composer of the Renaissance.
He was a contemporary and probable acquaintance of Ockeghem, and was the composer of at least one of the first unified mass cycles to be written in continental Europe.
Alexandru Cristea
Alexandru Cristea( 1890 – 1942) was the composer of the music for" Limba Noastră", current national anthem of Moldova.
Harry Connick Jr.
Joseph Harry Fowler Connick Jr. (born September 11, 1967) is an American singer, composer, actor, and television host.
He has sold over 28million albums worldwide.
Connick is ranked among the top60 best-selling male artists in the United States by the Recording Industry Association of America, with 16million in certified sales.
He has had seven top20 US albums, and ten number-one US jazz albums, earning more number-one albums than any other artist in US jazz chart history.
Connick's best-selling album in the United States is his Christmas album "
When My Heart Finds Christmas" (1993).
His highest-charting album is his release "
Only You" (2004), which reached No.5 in the US and No.6 in Britain.
He has won three Grammy Awards and two Emmy Awards.
He played Debra Messing's character Grace Adler’s husband, Leo Markus, on the NBC sitcom "
Will & Grace" from 2002 to 2006.
Connick began his acting career as a tail gunner in the World War II film "Memphis Belle" (1990).
He played a serial killer in "Copycat" (1995), before being cast as a fighter pilot in the blockbuster "Independence Day" (1996).
Connick's first role as a leading man was in "Hope Floats" (1998) with Sandra Bullock.
His first thriller film since "Copycat" came in the film "Basic" (2003) with John Travolta.
Additionally, he played a violent ex-husband in "Bug", before two romantic comedies, "P.S.
I Love You" (2007), and the leading man in "New in Town" (2009) with Renée Zellweger.
In 2011, he appeared in the family film "Dolphin Tale" as Dr. Clay Haskett and in its 2014 sequel.

Question: What nationality is the composer of song The Happy Elf (Song)?
Answer: America