Smile for Me (Lynn Anderson song)

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"Smile for Me"
Single by Lynn Anderson
from the album Smile for Me
B-side "A Man Like Your Daddy"
ReleasedFebruary 1974 (1974-02)
RecordedDecember 1973
Studio Columbia Studio
Genre
Length2:47
Label Columbia
Songwriter(s) Rory Bourke
Producer(s) Glenn Sutton
Lynn Anderson singles chronology
"Sing About Love"
(1973)
"Smile for Me"
(1974)
"Talkin' to the Wall"
(1974)

"Smile for Me" is a song written by Rory Bourke. It was recorded by American country music artist Lynn Anderson and released as a single in February 1974 via Columbia Records.

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Background and release

"Smile for Me" was recorded at the Columbia Studio in December 1973, located in Nashville, Tennessee. The sessions was produced by Glenn Sutton, Anderson's longtime production collaborator at the label and her first husband. [2]

"Smile for Me" reached number 15 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart in 1973. [3] It became a top ten hit on the Canadian RPM Country Songs chart, reaching number ten in 1974. [4] The song was issued on Anderson's 1974 studio album, Smile for Me . [2]

Track listings

7" vinyl single

Chart performance

Chart (1974)Peak
position
Canada Country Songs ( RPM ) [4] 10
US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) [5] 15

Cover versions

Olivia Newton-John covered "Smile for Me" in 1976. It was included as a track on her Come On Over LP.

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References

  1. "Smile for Me: Lynn Anderson: Songs, Reviews, Credits". Allmusic . Retrieved 26 May 2020.
  2. 1 2 Anderson, Lynn (March 1974). "Smile for Me (Album Info and Liner Notes)". Columbia Records .
  3. Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. ISBN   978-0-89820-177-2.
  4. 1 2 "Results under "Country Singles" for Lynn Anderson". RPM. Archived from the original on 21 October 2012. Retrieved 4 January 2011.
  5. "Lynn Anderson Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved May 26, 2020.