• Source: The Sunshine of Your Smile

      • "The Sunshine of Your Smile" is a British popular song published in London in 1913 just before the First World War by Francis, Day and Hunter. The lyrics were by Leonard Cooke and the music by Lilian Ray. It became a top ten hit on the UK Singles Chart in 1980, sung by Mike Berry.


      Lyrics


      The following lyrics are taken from the sheet music published in 1913:
      Verse 1:

      Dear face that holds so sweet a smile for me,
      Were you not mine, how dark the world would be!
      I know no light above that could replace
      Love's radiant sunshine in your dear, dear face.
      Refrain:

      Give me your smile, the love-light in your eyes,
      Life could not hold a fairer Paradise!
      Give me the right to love you all the while,
      My world for ever, the sunshine of your smile!
      Verse 2:

      Shadows may fall upon the land and sea,
      Sunshine from all the world may hidden be;
      But I shall see no cloud across the sun;
      Your smile shall light my life, till life is done!
      Refrain:

      Give me your smile, the love-light in your eyes,
      Life could not hold a fairer Paradise!
      Give me the right to love you all the while,
      My world for ever, the sunshine of your smile!


      Recordings


      Below is a list of artists who have recorded the song and the recording date and record information (where known):

      Olga, Elga and Eli Hudson, 1914
      Fred Douglas, 1914
      Ernest Pike, 1914
      Jessie Broughton, c. 1915
      William Thomas, c. 1915, Regal G6745
      Gertie Dickeson, 1915
      Lambert Murphy, 1916, Victor 55069
      John McCormack, 1916, Victor 64622
      Norah Johnson, 1916
      Riccardo Stracciari, 1919, Columbia 49590
      Tamaki Miura, 1922, Nipponophone 15065
      Charles Hackett, 1927, Columbia 4042
      Tito Schipa, 1930, Victor 1451 (Sung in Spanish)
      Jussi Björling, 1931, Swedish HMV X3724 (Sung in Swedish)
      Django Reinhardt & Le Quintette du Hot Club De France, April 1935
      Lilian Davies, 1930
      Frank Sinatra, 1941, Victor 27638
      Vera Lynn, from the film Rhythm Serenade, 1943
      James Melton, 1950
      Mike Berry, 1980


      References

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