It’s true that smiling requires more muscles than frowning, which must be why smiling always tires me so quickly. Still, considering all that we know and fear about the world today, I thought it was worth spending a couple hours focusing on laughing and smiling. Okay, I didn’t feel any better at the end of the program, but at least I got to share some great songs and singers and some of my favorite laughs.
SONG TITLE / Artist / CD Or Album Title
- LAUGHING AT LIFE / Duchess / “Laughing At Life”
- THEY ALL LAUGHED / Steven Pasquale / “Somethin’ Like Love”
- YOU’RE LAUGHING AT ME / Ella Fitzgerald / “Ella Fitzgerald Sings The Irving Berlin Songbook”
- KEEP SMILING AT TROUBLE / Tony Bennett / “60 Years: The Artistry Of Tony Bennett”
- ARE YOU HAVING ANY FUN / Cali Rose / “Are You having Any Fun”
- MAKE SOMEONE HAPPY / Jamie Cullum / “Interlude”
- I’M GONNA LAUGH YOU RIGHT OUT OF MY LIFE / Claire Hogan / “Boozers & Losers”
- THE JONES LAUGHING RECORD / Spike Jones / “The Jones Laughing Record”
- I’M ALL SMILES / Marlene Ver Planck / “A Breath Of Fresh Air”
- THE BRIGHTEST SMILE IN TOWN / Ray Charles / “Ingredients In A Recipe For Soul”
- BE A CLOWN / Chris Connor / “Blue Moon”
- PUT ON A HAPPY FACE / (Mystery Vocalist) / Stevie Wonder / “The Complete Stevie Wonder”
- IT TAKES A LOT TO LAUGH, IT TAKES A TRAIN TO CRY / Janet Planet / “Janet Planet Sings The Bob Dylan Songbook”
- TAKE A LITTLE TIME TO SMILE / Freddie Cole / “Merry Go Round”
- THIS WILL MAKE YOU LAUGH / Natalie Cole / “Take A Look”
- THE KITTEN SONG / Steven Wright / “I Still Have A Pony”
- SMILING FEET / Blossom Dearie / “My New Celebrity Is You”
- TWO FACES WEST / Bob And Ray / “Bob & Ray On A Platter”
- HAPPY TALK / Nancy Wilson / “Nancy Wilson & Cannonball Adderley”
- NANCY WITH THE LAUGHING FACE / Frank Sinatra / “Sinatra’s Sinatra”
- THE LAUGHING POLICEMAN / (Mystery Vocalist) / John Lithgow / “Sunny Side Of The Street”
- A LAUGH FOR RORY / Rahsann Roland Kirk / “The Inflated tear”
- I LOVE TO SEE YOU SMILE / Randy Newman / “The Randy Newman Songbook Vol. 3”
- WHEN YOU’RE SMILING / Carol Welsman / “I Like Men”
- TIME TO SMILE / Tony Bennett / “The Art Of Romance”
- WHEN YOU MAKE ME SMILE / Rigmor Gustafsson / “When You Make Me Smile”
- SMILE / Nat Cole / “The Nat King Cole Story”
- LAUGHING MATTERS / Bette Midler / “Bathhouse Betty”
- PARIS MISMATCH / (Theme Music) / Cody Owen Stine
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