"Put On a Happy Face": Song history, Commentary, Discography, Performances on Video
"Put On a Happy Face"
Songs from Bye Bye Birdie other than "Put on a Happy Face" currently included in the Cafe Songbook Catalog of The Great American Songbook: none
Research Resources: Lee Adams
- Songwriters Hall of Fame (biography and song list);
- Wikipedia (article)
- Internet Broadway Database (Broadway productions and song credits);
- Catalog entries at the New York Public Library (includes citations for books, recordings, sheet music, etc.);
- Max Wilk. They're Playing Our Song: Conversations with America's Classic Songwriters. New York and Stratford, CT: Easton Studio Press, 2008. (originally published 1973 as They're Playing Our Song: From Jerome Kern to Stephen Sondheim—The Stories behind the Words and Music of Two Generations (chapter devoted to interview with Adams).
- David Ewen. American Songwriters, An H. W. Wilson Biographical Dictionary. New York: The H. W. Wilson Co., 1987 (entry, with Charles Strouse, p 383-387).
- Thomas S. Hischak. Word Crazy: Broadway Lyricists from Cohan to Sondheim. New York: Praeger, 1991 (Adams on pp. 173-176 and others).
Cafe Songbook Music-Video Cabinet: Lee Adams
- Blossom Dearie: vladimirsmartins
- Lee Adams and Charles Strouse: rtc10018 (Roundabout Theater Channel)
Notes
- For a complete list of songs written for the original Broadway show, see IBDB song list .
- For a complete list of songs used in the movie, See IMDB soundtrack .
- Golden Boy (Original Broadway Cast), 1964 with lyrics by Lee Adams and music by Charles Strouse Amazon || iTunes
- The complete, authoritative lyrics for "Put on a Happy Face'" can be found in:
Questions
What is Put On a Happy Face?
Songs from Bye Bye Birdie other than "Put on a Happy Face" currently included in the Cafe Songbook Catalog of The Great American Songbook : none
How should Put On a Happy Face be cited?
Cite this page as ""Put On a Happy Face": Song history, Commentary, Discography, Performances on Video," Cafe Songbook, https://greatamericansongbook.net/pages/songs/p/put_on_a_happy_face_p.html
Which Cafe Songbook pages are related?
Also read "Puttin' On The Ritz" (https://greatamericansongbook.net/pages/songs/p/puttin_on_the_ritz_m.html); "A Pretty Girl Is Like a Melody" (https://greatamericansongbook.net/pages/songs/p/pretty_girl_is_like_a_melody_m.html); "Remember" (https://greatamericansongbook.net/pages/songs/r/remember.html); "Prelude to a Kiss" (https://greatamericansongbook.net/pages/songs/p/prelude_to_a_kiss.html).
Cite this page: "Put On a Happy Face": Song history, Commentary, Discography, Performances on Video, Cafe Songbook, https://greatamericansongbook.net/pages/songs/p/put_on_a_happy_face_p.html