With a Smile and a Song (song)

"With a Smile and a Song" is a popular song. The music was written by Frank Churchill, the lyrics by Larry Morey.[1] The song was published in 1937. Credit is also sometimes given to Leigh Harline. The song was sung by Adriana Caselotti in the Walt Disney animated film Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.[1] It also featured in the stage adaptation from the film.

External audio
audio icon You may hear "With a Smile and a Song" sung by Adriana Caselotti in 1937
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audio icon You may hear "With a Smile and a Song" performed by the Shep Fields' Rippling Rhythm Jazz Orchestra and John Serry
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In 1937, Shep Fields collaborated with the jazz accordionist John Serry Sr. in a recording of the song for Bluebird Records.[2][3]

The song was recorded by Doris Day 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 in Shrek the Third.

Snow White (played by Ginnifer Goodwin) hums the song while sweeping the dwarfs' house in the episode "Heart of Darkness" of Once Upon a Time.

References

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  1. ^ a b Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs at IMDb
  2. ^ The American Dance Band Discography 1917-1942 Volume 1, Rust, Brian. Arlington House Publishers, New Rochelle, New York, 1975, p. 516, ISBN 0-87000-248-1
  3. ^ University of California Santa Barbara - Discography of American Historical Recordings - "With a Smile and a Song" played by the Shep Fields Orchestra & John Serry on uscb.edu