Make Me Smile by Chicago

Genre: Rock
Year: 1970

For the Steve Harley and Cockney Rebel song, see "Make Me Smile (Come Up and See Me)." "Make Me Smile" is a song written by James Pankow for the rock band Chicago. Part of Pankows Ballet for a Girl in Buchannon song cycle/suite, it was recorded for their second album Chicago II (1970). Terry Kath sang the lead vocal. A radio-friendly edit of "Make Me Smile" (incorporating the end of "Now More Than Ever," another track from the Ballet) was released as a single in March 1970, becoming the bands first Top 10 record, peaking at number nine on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart. Since the death of Terry Kath in 1978, the vocals for live performances of "Make Me Smile" were handled by Bill Champlin, who joined the band for the recording of Chicago 16, until he departed the group in August Read full article at wikipedia.org

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