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"With a Smile and a Song" is apopularsong. The music was written byFrank Churchill, the lyrics byLarry Morey.[1] The song was published in1937. Credit is also sometimes given toLeigh Harline. The song was sung byAdriana Caselotti in theWalt Disneyanimated filmSnow White and the Seven Dwarfs.[1] It also featured in thestage adaptation from the film.
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 You may hear "With a Smile and a Song" sung byAdriana Caselotti in 1937Here on uscb.edu | |
| You may hear "With a Smile and a Song" performed by theShep Fields' Rippling Rhythm Jazz Orchestra andJohn Serry Here on Archive.org |
On December 9 1937,Shep Fields collaborated with the jazz accordionistJohn Serry Sr. in a recording of the song forRegal Records that had a novelty, march tempo rhythm and featured Bob Goday on vocals.[2][3]
Teddy Wilson recorded the song as a relaxed, mid-temp shuffle for Brunswick on December 17, 1937 with Pee Wee Russell, clarinet; Hot Lips Page, trumpet; Sally Gooding, vocal; Chu Berry, tenor sax and Alan Reuss, guitar. They recorded two alternate takes that day, one with Reuss soloing.
Doris Day recorded the song with a children's choir for her 1964 album of the same name,With a Smile and a Song. A spoof of the song was used inShrek the Third.
Snow White (played byGinnifer Goodwin) hums the song while sweeping the dwarfs' house in the episode "Heart of Darkness" ofOnce Upon a Time.
