Powder Your Face with Sunshine

"Powder Your Face with Sunshine" is a popular song written by Carmen Lombardo and Stanley Rochinski, and published in 1948. The two biggest hit versions of the song were recorded by Evelyn Knight and by the Sammy Kaye Orchestra.

Original recordings

The recording by Evelyn Knight was recorded on November 16, 1948, and released by Decca Records as catalog number 24530. It first reached the Billboard Best Seller chart on December 17, 1948, and lasted 17 weeks on the chart, peaking at number one. ^[1]

The recording by Sammy Kaye was recorded in December 1948, and released by RCA Victor Records as catalog number 20-3321 (78 rpm) and 47-2901 (45 rpm). It first reached the Billboard Best Seller chart on January 28, 1949, and lasted eight weeks on the chart, peaking at number 14. ^[1]

Cover versions

Other recordings were made about the same time:

Dean Martin (on December 17, 1948, released by Capitol Records as catalog number 15351)
Doris Day and Buddy Clark, with George Siravo's orchestra (on December 20, 1948, released by Columbia Records as catalog number 38394)
Blue Barron and his orchestra (on December 21, 1948, released by MGM Records as catalog number 10346) and
Donald Peers, with Peter Yorke's orchestra (on March 26, 1949, released by EMI on the His Master's Voice label as catalog number B 9764).
Joe Loss and His Orchestra (in London on April 1, 1949, released by EMI on the His Master's Voice label as catalog numbers BD 6043 and HE 2703).

References

1 2 Whitburn, Joel (1973). Top Pop Records 1940-1955. Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin: Record Research.

Evelyn Knight

Singles	"A Little Bird Told Me" "Buttons and Bows" "Powder Your Face with Sunshine (Smile! Smile! Smile!)" "A Wonderful Guy" "My Heart Cries for You"

Book:Evelyn Knight

Dean Martin

Discography

Studio albums	Dean Martin Sings Swingin' Down Yonder Pretty Baby Sleep Warm A Winter Romance This Time I'm Swingin'! Dino: Italian Love Songs Cha Cha de Amor French Style Dino Latino Dean "Tex" Martin: Country Style Dean "Tex" Martin Rides Again Dream with Dean The Door Is Still Open to My Heart Dean Martin Hits Again (Remember Me) I'm the One Who Loves You Houston Somewhere There's a Someone Dean Martin Sings Songs from The Silencers The Hit Sound of Dean Martin The Dean Martin Christmas Album The Dean Martin TV Show Happiness Is Dean Martin Welcome to My World Gentle on My Mind I Take a Lot of Pride in What I Am My Woman, My Woman, My Wife For the Good Times Dino Sittin' on Top of the World You're the Best Thing That Ever Happened to Me Once in a While The Nashville Sessions

Posthumous albums	Live from Las Vegas Forever Cool

Compilation albums	Hey, Brother, Pour the Wine The Best of Dean Martin Dino: The Essential Dean Martin

Singles	"Powder Your Face with Sunshine (Smile, Smile, Smile)" "You Belong to Me" "That's Amore" "Sway" "The Naughty Lady of Shady Lane" "Mambo Italiano" "Young and Foolish" "Under the Bridges of Paris" "Memories Are Made of This" "Innamorata" "Standing on the Corner" "Volare" "Just in Time" "Ain't That a Kick in the Head?" "Baby, It's Cold Outside"

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