SMILE (composed by Charlie Chaplin)

One of the best known of several songs written by Sir Charles Spencer Chaplin himself is Smile. It was composed for the film Modern Times (1936) and given lyrics to help promote a 1950s revival of the film, famously covered by Nat King Cole. According to the official documents, the music score was composed by Chaplin himself, and arranged with the assistance of Alfred Newman. The romance theme was later given lyrics, and became the pop standard Smile, first recorded by Nat King Cole and later covered by such artists as Barbra Streisand, Diana Ross, Michael Bublé, Michael Jackson, Liberace, Judy Garland, Madeleine Peyroux, and Robert Downey, Jr. (included on the soundtrack for the film Chaplin).