<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Nice tune. Around the late 50s or so, Nat King Cole had a big hit with the tune at a slow tempo (link below). Combos I worked with played it often at moderately slow tempos, and I’m sure there must have been stock arrangements for big bands. I don’t recall hearing it at bounce tempos but I can imaginer swinging it lightly without burlesque-ing it.<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Charlie</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UN8oLGBNXpE" class="">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UN8oLGBNXpE</a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On May 19, 2016, at 11:53 AM, Ken Gates <<a href="mailto:kwg915@gmail.com" class="">kwg915@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">A question for those who play for dances or audiences.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Do you ever play "Smile" --- the Charlie Chaplin composition</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">for his movie "Modern Times"? Lyrics were added later and</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">recorded by vocalists at a slow tempo. I hear it as a very</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">pretty melody played as an instrumental with swing</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">phrasing at medium tempo. Anyone play it that way?</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br class=""></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">This link will give an idea of the tune for those who don't</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">know it.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br class=""></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1awi1NDThMM" target="_blank" class="">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1awi1NDThMM</a></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br class=""></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Ken Gates</div></div>
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