When You Smile At Me

Music and words

Words by Bob Levy
Music by Dennis Livingston

 


bulletWATCH A VIDEO:


Performers: Julie Reyburn, Scott Coulter
The Stories In My Mind:
Metropolitan Club, NYC 2011


PLAY THE ORIGINAL DEMO RECORDING:   

Will McMillan
Demo singer: Will McMillan
Demo pianist: Doug Hammer

 READ THE LYRICS

PERFORMANCE TIPS:

Length of song: 3:24

Song style/genre: Midtempo rumba

Key(s): E major

Note range (Low/High): B below middle C to E an octave above middle C

About the song: This sweet and simple rumba is an unabashed love song in which one partner, in effect, proposes marriage to the other over the course of the song. The protagonist knows well that there are differences between them, but what matters more are the bonds of love they share. The song can be done as a duet, as in the video above.

Gender point of view: Irrelevant. Though written from the point of view of a man, it can be sung by a woman as well with a few changes to the closing lines.




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