Re: Targer> Explanation for "Cloud 9"

[Robert Hallett <rhallett@UMD5.UMD.EDU>]

Allison,

   I do believe that the answer to your question is a lot less literary
than it is musical.  The earliest use of the term "Cloud Nine" that I can
find is in the song "Cloud Nine" by the Temptations, which hit the
Billboard charts on November 23, 1968 according to Joel Woodburn's Book
of Top 40 Hits.

                                     I'm doin' fine on cloud nine,

                                          Bob Hallett

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On Sun, 2 Oct 1994, Allison G Kaplan wrote:

> Group,
> This is for a faculty member here at the University of Delaware:
>         Where did the phrase "to be on cloud nine" come from?
> He knows it means to be happy but what was the source?
>
> I told him if anyone can find the answer it will be someone from LM_NET.
> Hope someone out there can help me. Please respond directly to me and
> I'll post the answer.
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Allison G. Kaplan
> Education Resource Center
> University of Delaware
> Newark, DE 19716-2940
>
> akaplan@brahms.udel.edu
>