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Released on Mosaic Records, also Look for the Silver Lining (Chet Baker Quartet), Portrait of Jennie and Oriental Shuffle (Quintette du Hot Club de France)
Part of The Complete Capitol Recordings of the Nat King Cole Trio, also Portrait of Jennie, You Stepped Out of a Dream and Funny (Not Much)
Recorded at C. P. MacGregor Studios, also Straighten Up and Fly Right, Embraceable You and Gee Baby, Ain’t I Good to You
Written by Louis Jordan, also Caldonia (Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five), Early in the Mornin’ (Ray Charles) and Saturday Night Fish Fry (Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five)
Worth knowing
Counted from cited credits on fono.
20 other songs on fono were recorded at C. P. MacGregor Studios, by Charlie Parker's New Stars and Charlie Parker Quartet and others
Louis Jordan wrote 13 songs on fono
Louis Jordan first appears on fono in 1941, 50 years before this song
Credits
All 9 credits
- Written by
- Louis Jordan and Timmie Rogers
- Performed by
- Johnny Miller, Nat King Cole, Oscar Moore and Red Callender
- Recorded at
- C. P. MacGregor Studios
- Released on
- Mosaic Records
- Written by
- Louis Jordan and Timmie Rogers
- Performed by
- Johnny Miller, Nat King Cole, Oscar Moore and Red Callender
- Recorded at
- C. P. MacGregor Studios
- Released on
- Mosaic Records
Connected by credits
Other songs that share a producer, writer, studio or label with this one.
Same writer: Louis Jordan
Same writer: Timmie Rogers
Same label: Mosaic Records
Same release: The Complete Capitol Recordings of the Nat King Cole Trio
Same studio: C. P. MacGregor Studios
Same writer: Louis Jordan
Same writer: Timmie Rogers
Same release: The Complete Capitol Recordings of the Nat King Cole Trio
Elsewhere
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1MusicBrainz If You Can’t Smile and Say Yes was performed by Johnny Miller
If You Can’t Smile and Say Yes was performed by Johnny Miller
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
2MusicBrainz If You Can’t Smile and Say Yes was performed by Nat King Cole
If You Can’t Smile and Say Yes was performed by Nat King Cole
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
3MusicBrainz If You Can’t Smile and Say Yes was performed by Oscar Moore
If You Can’t Smile and Say Yes was performed by Oscar Moore
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
4MusicBrainz If You Can’t Smile and Say Yes was performed by Red Callender
If You Can’t Smile and Say Yes was performed by Red Callender
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
5MusicBrainz If You Can’t Smile and Say Yes was written by Louis Jordan
If You Can’t Smile and Say Yes was written by Louis Jordan
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
6MusicBrainz If You Can’t Smile and Say Yes was written by Timmie Rogers
If You Can’t Smile and Say Yes was written by Timmie Rogers
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
7MusicBrainz If You Can’t Smile and Say Yes is part of the release The Complete Capitol Recordings of the Nat King Cole Trio
If You Can’t Smile and Say Yes is part of the release The Complete Capitol Recordings of the Nat King Cole Trio
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
8MusicBrainz If You Can’t Smile and Say Yes was recorded at C. P. MacGregor Studios
If You Can’t Smile and Say Yes was recorded at C. P. MacGregor Studios
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
9MusicBrainz Mosaic Records is the label of the song If You Can’t Smile and Say Yes
Mosaic Records is the label of the song If You Can’t Smile and Say Yes
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
10MusicBrainz If You Can’t Smile and Say Yes was released on 1991
If You Can’t Smile and Say Yes was released on 1991
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026