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Strange, how lyrics can make their way into our memory not to be dislodged. If they speak to us, they stay with us. Like these lines from Charlie Chaplin’s “Smile”: Who has not been in some situation ...

The song Smile topped the Billboard charts in 1954. Crooner Nat King Cole also advised, “light up your face with gladness...hide every trace of sadness,” offering sage advice, wisdom that soon ...