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Coffee Break: Smile songs

by Anna Reed

October 07, 2016

Jason Isbell smiles during a performance at the 2015 Newport Folk Festival.
Jason Isbell smiles during a performance at the 2015 Newport Folk Festival.Adam Kissick for NPR

World Smile Day is celebrated on the first Friday of October every year and it commemorates the creation of the smiley face, first made by Harvey Ball in 1963.

Ball, a commercial artist from Worcester, Massachusetts, didn't like how commercialized his symbol had become so he created World Smile Day to encourage people to devote one day each year to smiles and kind acts throughout the world.

So for today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs that mention "smiles" or "smiling" do you want to hear?

Songs played

Aloe Blacc - You Make Me Smile
Semisonic - Secret Smile
Lily Allen - Smile
Deap Vally - Smile More
Deee-Lite - Smile On
The Flying Machine - Smile A Little Smile For Me