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"When You're Smiling"
"When You're Smiling"
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Published	1928 by Mills Music
Songwriter(s)	Larry Shay, Mark Fisher, Joe Goodwin

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"When You're Smiling" is a popular song written by Larry Shay, Mark Fisher and Joe Goodwin. First published in 1928, it bears resemblance to the Spanish Canción "Amapola" by José María Lacalle García. Early popular recordings were by Seger Ellis (1928), Louis Armstrong (1929), and Ted Wallace & His Campus Boys (1930).^[1]

Other notable recordings

Andy Williams released a version on his 1963 album, Days of Wine and Roses and Other TV Requests.
Bob and Alf Pearson in 1930 for Piccadilly Records^[2]
Caroline Henderson for her album No.8 (2008).^[3]
Cliff Bruner's Texas Wanderers – recorded September 13, 1938,^[4] it reached the country charts in 1939. This version was sung by singer pianist Moon Mullican.
Dean Martin (1952).^[5] Later, he sometimes parodied it as "When You're Drinkin'".
Doris Day – for her album What Every Girl Should Know (1960)
Dr. John – for his album Ske-Dat-De-Dat: The Spirit of Satch (2014)
Duke Ellington – several recordings in 1930.^[6]
Ella Fitzgerald – acc. by Lou Levy (p), Max Bennett (sb), Gus Johnson (dm) live Teatro Sistina, Rome, Italy — Ella in Rome: The Birthday Concert (1958)
Erroll Garner – in his album Piano Moods (1950).^[7]
Fats Domino – recorded in September 1967; included in his album Fats (1971).^[8]
Frank Sinatra – Sing and Dance with Frank Sinatra (1950) and also for his album Sinatra's Swingin' Session!!! (1961). Sinatra also sang the song in the film Meet Danny Wilson (1952).^[9]
Frankie Laine – performed the song in the film When You're Smiling (1950).^[10]
Jack Hylton – recorded June 6, 1930.^[11]
Judy Garland performed the song at the Judy at Carnegie Hall concert in 1961.
Julia Lee – The Chronological Julia Lee 1947 (2005).^[12]
Louis Armstrong – Satchmo: A Musical Autobiography (1956).^[13] In his recording from 1929, Armstrong tried to adapt the "white" style of Guy Lombardo through the inclusion of an expansive saxophone section sound.^[14]
Louis Prima – The Call of the Wildest (1957).^[15]
Michael Bublé – for his album BaBalu (2001). 17 years later he re-recorded it for his album Love
Mickey Mouse (Bret Iwan) – The MousePack – Mickey and Friends Singing Standards (2022)
Nat Gonella and His Trumpet — recorded November 15, 1932.^[16]
Nat King Cole – Ramblin' Rose (1962)
Patti Page – Page Two – Sings a Collection of Her Most Famous Songs (1957).^[17]
Perry Como – a single release, recorded November 25, 1947.^[18]
Rufus Wainwright recorded the song for his 2007 album Rufus Does Judy at Carnegie Hall
Teddy Wilson & His Orchestra, with Billie Holiday, recorded this song on January 6, 1938, in New York City for Brunswick/Columbia, with Teddy Wilson on piano, Benny Morton on trombone, Buck Clayton on trumpet, Lester Young on tenor sax, Freddie Green on guitar, Walter Page on bass and Jo Jones on drums.

In popular culture

In "The Rock Vegas Story" episode of The Flintstones, first aired March 30, 1962, Barney and Betty Rubble perform the song
At the start of each episode of The Comedians, first aired June 12, 1971, Shep's Banjo Boys are seen playing an instrumental version of this song, underscoring the opening credits.
In the Seinfeld episode "The Jimmy", Mel Torme dedicates the song to Kramer.
The song was sung by Rachel Berry (Lea Michele), a character on the television series Glee, in the episode "Mattress".
The version recorded by Louis Armstrong was featured in an advertisement for Apple's new iPhone 4 in 2010. It had previously appeared in a commercial for Kodak.
The Louis Prima version is featured in the 2010 video game Mafia II on the fictional Empire Classic Radio station during the 1951 section of the game and also during the end credits. This version also appears in the movies Analyze This, directed by Harold Ramis, Anger Management, directed by Peter Segal, and Find Me Guilty, directed by Sidney Lumet.
In the Nickelodeon TV series The Backyardigans, the song's tune is used in an episode titled "It's Great to be a Ghost!".
At the end of the 1995 Woody Allen movie Mighty Aphrodite the Greek chorus sings a version of this song.
At the end of the Everybody Loves Raymond episode "Sweet Charity" (Season 7, Episode 16), Debra Barone (Patricia Heaton) sings the song in front of a group of unhappy hospital patients.
At the end of the 2003 movie Windy City Heat the song is used over a montage of the main characters.
Pablo Bubarre introduced "When You're Smiling" in one of the musical romance sketches of "Pablo the Romantic" from Boom Town, broadcast by BBC Three (UK, 2013). This version includes the piano music of Ross Leadbeater.
The song is sung by Roberta Flack in the 1971 film $ ("Dollars").^[19]
It was adopted by Leicester City F.C. as the club anthem and can be heard at many of the team's games.
The Armstrong rendition features in the 2016 South Korean film The Age of Shadows as a juxtaposition to a violent montage unfolding.
The song was used by Labatt's during the 1970s in commercials for Labatt's Blue beer, with the words "Blue smiles along with you" in place of "The whole world smiles along with you".
Helena Bonham Carter (playing the role of Princess Margaret) sings this song in the second episode of Season 3 of The Crown.

References

^ Whitburn, Joel (1986). Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890-1954. Wisconsin, US: Record Research Inc. p. 609. ISBN 0-89820-083-0.
^ "78 RPM - Bob And Alf Pearson - Watching My Dreams Go By / When You're Smiling - Piccadilly - UK - 571". 45worlds. Retrieved 15 April 2019.
^ "Discogs.com". Discogs.com. Retrieved January 27, 2018.
^ "The Online Discographical Project". 78discography.com. Retrieved January 27, 2018.
^ "Discogs.com". Discogs.com. Retrieved January 27, 2018.
^ "Ellingtonia". ellingtonia.com/discography. Retrieved January 27, 2018.
^ "allmusic.com". allmusic.com. Retrieved January 27, 2018.
^ "Fats Domino - Fats (NL, Reprise RS 6439, February 1971)". musicbrainz.org. Retrieved 17 January 2020.
^ "Internet Movie Database". imdb.com. Retrieved January 27, 2018.
^ "Internet Movie Database". imdb.com. Retrieved January 27, 2018.
^ "Discogs.com". Discogs.com. Retrieved February 27, 2019.
^ "Discogs.com". Discogs.com. Retrieved January 27, 2018.
^ "Discogs.com". Discogs.com. Retrieved January 27, 2018.
^ Brothers, Thomas (2014). Louis Armstrong: Master of Modernism. New York, NY: W.W. Norton & Company. p. 327. ISBN 978-0-393-06582-4.
^ "Discogs.com". Discogs.com. Retrieved January 27, 2018.
^ "Al Bowlly Guitar Discography". r2ok.co.uk. Retrieved January 27, 2018.
^ "Discogs.com". Discogs.com. Retrieved January 27, 2018.
^ "Perry Como Discography". kokomo.ca. Retrieved January 27, 2018.
^ $ at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films

[1] Whitburn, Joel (1986). Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890-1954. Wisconsin, US: Record Research Inc. p. 609. ISBN 0-89820-083-0.

[2] "78 RPM - Bob And Alf Pearson - Watching My Dreams Go By / When You're Smiling - Piccadilly - UK - 571". 45worlds. Retrieved 15 April 2019.

[3] "Discogs.com". Discogs.com. Retrieved January 27, 2018.

[4] "The Online Discographical Project". 78discography.com. Retrieved January 27, 2018.

[5] "Discogs.com". Discogs.com. Retrieved January 27, 2018.

[6] "Ellingtonia". ellingtonia.com/discography. Retrieved January 27, 2018.

[7] "allmusic.com". allmusic.com. Retrieved January 27, 2018.

[8] "Fats Domino - Fats (NL, Reprise RS 6439, February 1971)". musicbrainz.org. Retrieved 17 January 2020.

[9] "Internet Movie Database". imdb.com. Retrieved January 27, 2018.

[10] "Internet Movie Database". imdb.com. Retrieved January 27, 2018.

[11] "Discogs.com". Discogs.com. Retrieved February 27, 2019.

[12] "Discogs.com". Discogs.com. Retrieved January 27, 2018.

[13] "Discogs.com". Discogs.com. Retrieved January 27, 2018.

[14] Brothers, Thomas (2014). Louis Armstrong: Master of Modernism. New York, NY: W.W. Norton & Company. p. 327. ISBN 978-0-393-06582-4.

[15] "Discogs.com". Discogs.com. Retrieved January 27, 2018.

[16] "Al Bowlly Guitar Discography". r2ok.co.uk. Retrieved January 27, 2018.

[17] "Discogs.com". Discogs.com. Retrieved January 27, 2018.

[18] "Perry Como Discography". kokomo.ca. Retrieved January 27, 2018.

[19] $ at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films

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-"'''When You're Smiling'''" is a popular song written by [[Larry Shay]], [[Mark Fisher (songwriter)|Mark Fisher]] and Joe Goodwin in 1928. It bears resemblance to the [[Spaniards|Spanish]] [[Canción]] "[[Amapola (song)|Amapola]]" by [[José María Lacalle García]].  Early popular recordings were by [[Seger Ellis]] (1928), [[Louis Armstrong]] (1929), and Ted Wallace & His Campus Boys (1930).<ref>{{cite book|last1=Whitburn|first1=Joel|title=Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890-1954|date=1986|publisher=Record Research Inc|location=Wisconsin, US|isbn=0-89820-083-0|page=[https://archive.org/details/joelwpopmemories00whit/page/609 609]|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/joelwpopmemories00whit/page/609}}</ref>
+"'''When You're Smiling'''" is a popular song written by [[Larry Shay]], [[Mark Fisher (songwriter)|Mark Fisher]] and Joe Goodwin. First published in 1928, it bears resemblance to the [[Spaniards|Spanish]] [[Canción]] "[[Amapola (song)|Amapola]]" by [[José María Lacalle García]].  Early popular recordings were by [[Seger Ellis]] (1928), [[Louis Armstrong]] (1929), and Ted Wallace & His Campus Boys (1930).<ref>{{cite book|last1=Whitburn|first1=Joel|title=Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890-1954|date=1986|publisher=Record Research Inc|location=Wisconsin, US|isbn=0-89820-083-0|page=[https://archive.org/details/joelwpopmemories00whit/page/609 609]|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/joelwpopmemories00whit/page/609}}</ref>
 ==Other notable recordings==
 [[File:Billie Holiday 0001 original.jpg|right|thumb|[[Billie Holiday]], here depicted in February 1947, recorded this song on 6 January 1938 with [[Teddy Wilson]] & His Orchestra.]]
 *[[Andy Williams]] released a version on his 1963 album, ''[[Days of Wine and Roses and Other TV Requests]]''.
-*[[Bob and Alf Pearson]] in 1930 for Piccadilly<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.45worlds.com/78rpm/record/piccadillyno571|title=78 RPM - Bob And Alf Pearson - Watching My Dreams Go By / When You're Smiling - Piccadilly - UK - 571|website=45worlds|access-date=15 April 2019}}</ref>
+*[[Bob and Alf Pearson]] in 1930 for Piccadilly Records<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.45worlds.com/78rpm/record/piccadillyno571|title=78 RPM - Bob And Alf Pearson - Watching My Dreams Go By / When You're Smiling - Piccadilly - UK - 571|website=45worlds|access-date=15 April 2019}}</ref>
 *[[Caroline Henderson (singer)|Caroline Henderson]] for her album ''No.8'' (2008).<ref>{{cite web|title=Discogs.com|url=https://www.discogs.com/Caroline-Henderson-No-8/release/2386842|website=Discogs.com|access-date=January 27, 2018}}</ref>
-*[[Cliff Bruner]]'s Texas Wanderers – recorded September 13, 1938<ref>{{cite web|title=The Online Discographical Project|url=http://www.78discography.com/Dec5500.htm|website=78discography.com|access-date=January 27, 2018}}</ref> and it reached the country charts in 1939. This version was sung by singer pianist [[Moon Mullican]].
+*[[Cliff Bruner]]'s Texas Wanderers – recorded September 13, 1938,<ref>{{cite web|title=The Online Discographical Project|url=http://www.78discography.com/Dec5500.htm|website=78discography.com|access-date=January 27, 2018}}</ref> it reached the country charts in 1939. This version was sung by singer pianist [[Moon Mullican]].
 *[[Dean Martin]] (1952).<ref>{{cite web|title=Discogs.com|url=https://www.discogs.com/Dean-Martin-When-Youre-Smiling-All-I-Have-To-Give-You/release/7507487|website=Discogs.com|access-date=January 27, 2018}}</ref> Later, he sometimes [[musical parody|parodied]] it as "When You're Drinkin'".
 *[[Doris Day]] – for her album ''[[What Every Girl Should Know (album)|What Every Girl Should Know]]'' (1960)
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 *[[Frankie Laine]] – performed the song in the film ''[[When You're Smiling (film)|When You're Smiling]]'' (1950).<ref>{{cite web|title=Internet Movie Database|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0043130/soundtrack?ref_=tt_trv_snd|website=imdb.com|access-date=January 27, 2018}}</ref>
 *[[Jack Hylton]] – recorded June 6, 1930.<ref>{{cite web|title=Discogs.com|url=https://www.discogs.com/Jack-Hylton-And-His-Orchestra-Stein-Song-When-Youre-Smiling/release/5444983|website=Discogs.com|access-date=February 27, 2019}}</ref>
-*[[Judy Garland]] performed the song at the [[Judy at Carnegie Hall]] concert in 1961.
+*[[Judy Garland]] performed the song at the [[Judy at Carnegie Hall|''Judy at Carnegie Hall'']] concert in 1961.
 *[[Julia Lee (musician)|Julia Lee]] – ''The Chronological Julia Lee 1947'' (2005).<ref>{{cite web|title=Discogs.com|url=https://www.discogs.com/Julia-Lee-The-Chronological-Julia-Lee-1947/release/11284976|website=Discogs.com|access-date=January 27, 2018}}</ref>
-*[[Louis Armstrong]] – ''Satchmo: A Musical Autobiography'' (1956).<ref>{{cite web|title=Discogs.com|url=https://www.discogs.com/Louis-Armstrong-Satchmo--A-Musical-Autobiography-Of-Louis-Armstrong/master/411024|website=Discogs.com|access-date=January 27, 2018}}</ref> In his recording from 1929, Armstrong tried to adapt the "white" style of Guy Lombardo through the inclusion of an expansive saxophone section sound.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Brothers|first=Thomas|title=Louis Armstrong: Master of Modernism|publisher=W.W. Norton & Company|year=2014|isbn=978-0-393-06582-4|location=New York, NY|pages=327}}</ref>
+*[[Louis Armstrong]] – ''Satchmo: A Musical Autobiography'' (1956).<ref>{{cite web|title=Discogs.com|url=https://www.discogs.com/Louis-Armstrong-Satchmo--A-Musical-Autobiography-Of-Louis-Armstrong/master/411024|website=Discogs.com|access-date=January 27, 2018}}</ref> In his recording from 1929, Armstrong tried to adapt the "white" style of [[Guy Lombardo]] through the inclusion of an expansive saxophone section sound.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Brothers|first=Thomas|title=Louis Armstrong: Master of Modernism|publisher=W.W. Norton & Company|year=2014|isbn=978-0-393-06582-4|location=New York, NY|pages=327}}</ref>
 *[[Louis Prima]] – ''The Call of the Wildest'' (1957).<ref>{{cite web|title=Discogs.com|url=https://www.discogs.com/Louis-Prima-Keely-Smith-with-Sam-Butera-And-The-Witnesses-The-Call-Of-The-Wildest/master/444962|website=Discogs.com|access-date=January 27, 2018}}</ref>
-*[[Michael Bublé]] – for his album ''[[BaBalu]]'' (2001). 17 years later he re-recorded it for his album, Love
+*[[Michael Bublé]] – for his album ''[[BaBalu]]'' (2001). 17 years later he re-recorded it for his album [[Love (Michael Bublé album)|''Love'']]
 *[[Mickey Mouse]] ([[Bret Iwan]]) – ''The MousePack – Mickey and Friends Singing Standards'' (2022)
 *[[Nat Gonella]] and His Trumpet&nbsp;— recorded November 15, 1932.<ref>{{cite web|title=Al Bowlly Guitar Discography|url=http://www.r2ok.co.uk/guitar1.htm|website=r2ok.co.uk|access-date=January 27, 2018}}</ref>
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 *[[Perry Como]] – a single release, recorded November 25, 1947.<ref>{{cite web|title=Perry Como Discography|url=http://kokomo.ca/early_years/when_youre_smiling.htm|website=kokomo.ca|access-date=January 27, 2018}}</ref>
 *[[Rufus Wainwright]] recorded the song for his 2007 album ''[[Rufus Does Judy at Carnegie Hall]]''
-*[[Teddy Wilson]] & His Orchestra, with [[Billie Holiday]], recorded this song on January 6, 1938, in New York City for Brunswick/Columbia, with Teddy Wilson on piano, [[Benny Morton]] on trombone, [[Buck Clayton]] on trumpet, [[Lester Young]] on tenor sax, [[Freddie Green]] on guitar, [[Walter Page]] on bass and [[Jo Jones]] on drums.
+*[[Teddy Wilson]] & His Orchestra, with [[Billie Holiday]], recorded this song on January 6, 1938, in New York City for [[Brunswick Records|Brunswick]]/[[Columbia Records|Columbia]], with Teddy Wilson on piano, [[Benny Morton]] on trombone, [[Buck Clayton]] on trumpet, [[Lester Young]] on tenor sax, [[Freddie Green]] on guitar, [[Walter Page]] on bass and [[Jo Jones]] on drums.
 ==In popular culture==
-* In "The Rock Vegas Story" episode of ''[[The Flintstones]]'', first aired March 30, 1962, Barney and Betty Rubble perform the song
+* In "The Rock Vegas Story" episode of ''[[The Flintstones]]'', first aired March 30, 1962, [[Barney Rubble|Barney]] and [[Betty Rubble]] perform the song
-* At the start of each episode of ''[[The Comedians (1971 TV series)|The Comedians]]'', first aired June 12, 1971, ''[[Shep's Banjo Boys]]'' are seen playing an instrumental version of this song, underscoring the opening credits.
+* At the start of each episode of ''[[The Comedians (1971 TV series)|The Comedians]]'', first aired June 12, 1971, [[Shep's Banjo Boys]] are seen playing an instrumental version of this song, underscoring the opening credits.
 * In the ''[[Seinfeld]]'' episode "[[The Jimmy]]", [[Mel Torme]] dedicates the song to [[Cosmo Kramer|Kramer]].
 * The song was sung by [[Rachel Berry (Glee)|Rachel Berry]] ([[Lea Michele]]), a character on the television series ''[[Glee (TV series)|Glee]]'', in the episode "[[Mattress (Glee)|Mattress]]".
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 * At the end of the ''[[Everybody Loves Raymond]]'' episode "Sweet Charity" (Season 7, Episode 16), [[Debra Barone]] ([[Patricia Heaton]]) sings the song in front of a group of unhappy hospital patients.
 * At the end of the 2003 movie ''[[Windy City Heat]]'' the song is used over a montage of the main characters.
-* Pablo Bubarre introduced "When You're Smiling" in one of the musical romance sketches of "Pablo the Romantic" from ''[[Boom Town (2013 TV series)|Boom Town]]'', broadcast by BBC Three (UK, 2013). This version includes the piano music of Ross Leadbeater.
+* Pablo Bubarre introduced "When You're Smiling" in one of the musical romance sketches of "Pablo the Romantic" from ''[[Boom Town (2013 TV series)|Boom Town]]'', broadcast by [[BBC Three]] (UK, 2013). This version includes the piano music of Ross Leadbeater.
 * The song is sung by [[Roberta Flack]] in the 1971 film ''[[$ (film)|$]]'' ("Dollars").<ref>{{AFI film|54195|$}}</ref>
 * It was adopted by [[Leicester City F.C.]] as the club anthem and can be heard at many of the team's games.
 * The Armstrong rendition features in the 2016 South Korean film ''[[The Age of Shadows]]'' as a juxtaposition to a violent montage unfolding.
 * The song was used by [[Labatt's]] during the 1970s in commercials for Labatt's Blue beer, with the words "Blue smiles along with you" in place of "The whole world smiles along with you".
-* [[Helena Bonham Carter]] (acting [[Princess Margaret]]) sings this song in the second episode of Season 3 of [[The Crown (TV series)|''The Crown'']].
+* [[Helena Bonham Carter]] (playing the role of [[Princess Margaret]]) sings this song in the second episode of [[The Crown (season 3)|Season 3]] of [[The Crown (TV series)|''The Crown'']].
 ==See also==