Let's all get together with this one <br />thought in mind: make this world <br />a better, brighter place. <br /><br />Tell each bluenose and gloom-chaser <br />you'll ever find, "Hey, there--wipe <br />that frown right off your face!"<br /><br />Smile, darn ya, smile! You know this old world <br />is a great world after all. Smile, darn ya, smile, <br />and right away watch lady luck pay you a call. <br /><br />Things are never black as they are painted. <br />Time for you and joy to get acquainted. <br /><br />Make life worthwhile.<br /><br />Come on and smile, darn ya, smile!<br /><br />Billy Cotton & His Band "Smile, Darn Ya, Smile" vocal by Cyril Grantham and Trio<br /><br />"Smile, Darn Ya, Smile" is a great song!<br /><br />Words by Charles O'Flynn & Jack Meskill. <br /><br />Music composed by Max Rich. <br /><br />Published in 1931 by De Sylva, Brown and Henderson, Inc.<br /><br />____<br /><br />Billy Cotton was born William Edward Cotton on May 6, 1899, at the start of the Boer War.<br /><br />On radio and TV, he was famous for his opening cry of ’’Wakey Wakey."<br /><br />During World War I, he landed at Gallipoli (1915) though he was only 16.<br /><br />Bill joined the Royal Flying Corps, being Commissioned in March 1918. <br /><br />Cotton's career as a bandleader was successful, but he not play an instrument or read music.<br /><br />Billy died of a stroke while attending a boxing contest on March 25. 1969. <br /><br />His autobiography, I Did It My Way, was published in 1970.
