When My Baby Smiles at Me (song)
When My Baby Smiles at Me is the name of a popular song with music by Bill Munro and words by Andrew B. Sterling and Ted Lewis, that was published by Harry Von Tilzer Music Publishing in 1920. It was interpolated into the Broadway show The Greenwich Village Follies and was the first big hit for clarinettist, vocalist and comedian Ted Lewis. Ted Lewis's jazz band recording in 1920 for Columbia Records, became his signature tune, and spent 18 weeks on the charts. Ted Lewis re-recorded it several times over the years and his 1938 version for Decca also charted briefly. The tune was also covered by other artists of the time.
Benny Goodman and His Orchestra played a brief honky-tonk version of When My Baby Smiles at Me during their 1938 Carnegie Hall concert.Appearances in films
Bobby Darin recorded the song and it was released on the album The Unreleased Capitol Sides
