"Smile" is a song based on an instrumental theme used in the soundtrack for the 1936 Charlie Chaplin movie: Modern Times. Chaplin composed the music, inspired by Puccini's Tosca. John Turner and Geoffrey Parsons added the lyrics and title in 1954. In the lyrics, based on lines and themes from the film, the singer is telling the listener to cheer up and that there is always a bright tomorrow, just as long as they smile. Nat King Cole, the first with lyrics, charted in 1954. It reached Number 10 on the Billboard charts, and Number 2 in the UK Singles Chart. It was used as the theme song on NBC-TV'S The Jerry Lewis Show from 1967-69.
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| - "Smile" is a song based on an instrumental theme used in the soundtrack for the 1936 Charlie Chaplin movie: Modern Times. Chaplin composed the music, inspired by Puccini's Tosca. John Turner and Geoffrey Parsons added the lyrics and title in 1954. In the lyrics, based on lines and themes from the film, the singer is telling the listener to cheer up and that there is always a bright tomorrow, just as long as they smile. Nat King Cole, the first with lyrics, charted in 1954. It reached Number 10 on the Billboard charts, and Number 2 in the UK Singles Chart. It was used as the theme song on NBC-TV'S The Jerry Lewis Show from 1967-69.
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| - "Smile" is a song based on an instrumental theme used in the soundtrack for the 1936 Charlie Chaplin movie: Modern Times. Chaplin composed the music, inspired by Puccini's Tosca. John Turner and Geoffrey Parsons added the lyrics and title in 1954. In the lyrics, based on lines and themes from the film, the singer is telling the listener to cheer up and that there is always a bright tomorrow, just as long as they smile. Nat King Cole, the first with lyrics, charted in 1954. It reached Number 10 on the Billboard charts, and Number 2 in the UK Singles Chart. It was used as the theme song on NBC-TV'S The Jerry Lewis Show from 1967-69.
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