SMILE

Created on 22/11/2005
Latest update on 20/04/2024

Artist: Charlie Chaplin
Author: Charles Chaplin
Label: UA
Year: 1936

On the soundtrack he wrote for his film Modern Times. Arranged by Edward Powell & David Raskin (who composed Laura). Conductor was Alfred Newman, one of Randy's uncles. Later versions are vocal (lyrics by Turner/Parsons).

Covers:

1954:

Nat King Cole [n°2 UK]

1954:

Petula Clark

1954:

Duke Ellington

1954:

David Whitfield

1954:

Sunny Gale [top 20 US]

1959:

Tony Bennett

1961:

Timi Yuro

1962:

Ferrante & Teicher

1965:

Jerry Butler & Betty Everett

1966:

Trini Lopez

1967:

Sandie Shaw

1967:

Rockin' Berries

1972:

Diana Ross

1974:

Eric Clapton [on EP Prime Cuts]

1976:

David Sanborn

1982:

Jacques Raymond

1984:

Ann Christy [NL & Fr version on charity single]

1994:

Chick Corea

1995:

Michael Jackson

1999:

Scott Hamilton

2000:

Rickie Lee Jones

2001:

Toots Thielemans & Kenny Werner

2002:

Elvis Costello & The Imposters

2003:

Lyle Lovett [on cd Smile]

2003:

Rod Stewart

2003:

Barbra Streisand

2004:

Robert Downey Jr.

2004:

Westlife

2005:

Michael Bublé

2006:

Helmut Lotti [on The Crooners]

2007:

Madeleine Peyroux

2008:

Dave Edmunds

2009:

Harry Connick Jr.

2011:

Laura Fygi

2012:

Jeff Lynne

2013:

Scott Matthew

2013:

George Benson [on a Nat Cole tribute]

2013:

Stacey Kent

2013:

Gloria Estefan [as Sonrie]

2014:

Paul Michiels

2017:

Gregory Porter

2017:

Seal

2020:

Lady Gaga [in her own One World Together At Home project]

2021:

Dave Gahan

2022:

Michael Bublé

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