Classic American Song book
From its origins on Broadway and from Hollywood, the music from Great American Songbook has captured the imaginations of generations. The Great American Songbook represents the music and popular songs of the famous and most prolific American composers of the 1920s and onwards. Amongst others, these composers include Cole Porter, Irving Berlin, Johnny Mercer, Harold Arlen, and Rodgers. Listen to
Mellow Sounds
Evenings on Smile Sussex are a time to relax with some of the greatest mellow sounds ever recorded. For an accompaniment of softer and more gentle songs into a romantic and nostalgic world , written to soothe and touch every heart So if you’re feeling misty and want to take a sentimental journey, it’s time to settle down and Smile
Up Tempo Beats
Tap your feet in time to the rhythm as Daytime on Smile Sussex fills your world with the best up tempo songs. So if you’re in the mood for some Glenn Miller or want to get a kick out of listening to Shirley Bassey then tune in, because it’s time to Face the Music and Dance
Top Duets
Tony Bennett is still proving at 85 years old, by singing The Lady Is A Tramp with Lady Gaga on his follow up Album Duets II, that two certainly is company as he teams up with a host of contemporary artists. Listen out for classic duet combinations ranging from Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong to newer versions of old favourites
Romance with Smile Sussex
Love certainly is the sweetest thing on Smile Sussex, with scores of top love songs to bring out the romantic in all of us. So whether you have a song in your heart, or you left it in San Francisco, listen in and be reminded that love is here to stay and why you shouldn’t be strangers in the night
Smile Sussex pays tribute to Frank Sinatra, on his birthday. Frank Sinatra, long acclaimed as one of the world’s greatest performer of popular music, is an artist who helped set the standard for others to follow. Sinatra was, of course, more than a singer – he was an actor, recording artist, cabaret and concert star, radio and television personality, and, on
As we approach the beginning of December, Smile Sussex is asking you when you would like to start hearing your favourite Christmas songs? Tell us what Christmas Songs are your favourites and when you would like to hear them to start to get you in the festive spirit. One of our favourites here at Smile Sussex would have to be
Congratulations to Robbie Williams ! His new track ‘Candy’ has topped the official singles chart, giving him his first solo UK number one for eight years. ‘Candy’ have given him his seventh solo number one, and the 38 year old singer said he was ‘chuffed’ to have reached “the top spot”. One of our favourite Robbie Williams covers here at Smile Sussex,
Frank Sinatra’s ‘My Way’ remains the favourite song to play at funerals, requested at 15% of funerals with one in seven of us featuring the song. ‘My Way’ is now the longest-running number one, having taken the top spot for seven years ! At Smile Sussex we think it’s a great song, perfect for a final send off, but also
Sir Tom Jones has donated his signed Chelsea boots, to the Small Steps Project to help improve the lives of children all over the world. He wore the size 9 1/2 shoes when he premièred new single, Tower of Song on The Jools Holland Show in April. Tom told the Small Steps Project, “I wore these Jeffrey West shoes when I premièred my new single
After collaborating on their version of the Rodgers and Hart song ‘The Lady is a Tramp’ reports confirm Lady Gaga and Tony Bennett will be making a jazz album. The legendary crooner and pop star are said to have discussed a full length album of big band numbers, with songs by a “very underrated, very famous” jazz songwriter. It was
Today Smile Sussex pays tribute to Andy Williams, the effortlessly smooth crooner best known for his rendition of “Moon River,” who died on Tuesday night in his Branson home. “We’re after the same rainbow’s end, Waitin’ round the bend, My huckleberry friend, Moon river and me…”  
Today Smile Sussex, pays to tribute to Julie London, on her Birthday. Julie recorded 32 albums in a career that began in 1955, Billboard named her the most popular female vocalist for 1955, 1956, and 1957. She was the subject of a 1957 Life magazine cover article in which she was quoted as saying “It’s only a thimbleful of a