Let a Smile Be Your Umbrella

Other notable recordings

• 1928 Lee Morse and Her Bluegrass Boys - recorded for Columbia Records on January 23, 1928.
• 1949 The Andrews Sisters
• 1950 Jimmy Dorsey and His Original "Dorseyland" Jazz Band – included in the album Dorseyland Dance Parade, vocal by Claire "Shanty" Hogan.
• 1957 Bing Crosby included the song in his album Bing with a Beat.
• 1959 Perry Como - recorded for his album Como Swings.
• 1965 Bert Kaempfert and His Orchestra – included in their album Love Letters.

  Film appearances

• 1929 It's a Great Life - performed by unseen male singer in the theater.
• 1932 The song is used in the Van Beuren cartoon The Wild Goose Chase.
• 1948 Give My Regards to Broadway

  Homage

• The song's title is referenced in the 1962 Academy Award-nominated animated short Disney musical film, A Symposium on Popular Songs during the song, "Although I Dropped $100,000" written by Robert & Richard Sherman.
• A 1974 Sesame Street record spoofs the song as "Let a Frown Be Your Umbrella," containing a song of the same name sung by Oscar the Grouch.
• The song's title was referenced in Twin Peaks, season 2 episode 11, when Agent Dale Cooper is given advice paraphrasing the song's title, by his supervisor Agent Gordon Cole.
• Joey Reynolds's autobiography is titled Let a Smile Be Your Umbrella, but Don't Get a Mouthful of Rain.