Smile for Me (Lynn Anderson song) explained

Smile for Me
Type:single
Artist:Lynn Anderson
Album:Smile for Me
B-Side:A Man Like Your Daddy
Recorded:December 1973
Studio:Columbia Studio
Label:Columbia
Producer:Glenn Sutton
Prev Title:Sing About Love
Prev Year:1973
Next Title:Talkin' to the Wall
Next Year: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.

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.[1]

"Smile for Me" reached number 15 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart in 1973.[2] It became a top ten hit on the Canadian RPM Country Songs chart, reaching number ten in 1974.[3] The song was issued on Anderson's 1974 studio album, Smile for Me.[1]

Track listings

7" vinyl single

Cover versions

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

Notes and References

  1. Anderson . Lynn . Smile for Me (Album Info and Liner Notes) . . March 1974.
  2. Book: Whitburn, Joel. Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc.. 2008. 978-0-89820-177-2.
  3. Results under "Country Singles" for Lynn Anderson. RPM. 4 January 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20121021045054/http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-110.01-e.php?PHPSESSID=gmrhouli7kvfvaeu848ka389j0&q1=Lynn+Anderson&q2=Country+Singles&interval=20. 21 October 2012. dead.