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"Make Me Smile (Come Up and See Me)" is a song by the English rock band Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel, released on 31 January 1975 by EMI as the lead single from the band's third studio album The Best Years of Our Lives.
Harley was approached by EMI to personally select the 16 tracks featured on Make Me Smile – The Best of Steve Harley and Cockney Rebel. Harley told the Newcastle Evening Chronicle in 1992, "I have been on the road for three years [since returning to touring in 1989], so I know which ones people prefer. It's a pretty good retrospective."
[69] [70] In October 1991, Harley was invited to play the Night of the Proms, where he performed "Sebastian" and "Make Me Smile". [71] By the early 1990s, Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel had re-established themselves as a major live act across Europe. [72] In 1992, EMI released a new compilation album, Make Me Smile – The Best of Steve Harley ...
Steve Harley, a British musician whose glam-rock band Cockney Rebel had an enduring hit with the song “Make Me Smile (Come Up and See Me),” has died. Harley’s family said Sunday that he had ...
Yes You Can: Harley, Cregan, Duncan Mackay, Stuart Elliott: All in a Life's Work 1996 Poetic Justice: Harley All Men Are Hungry 1976 Timeless Flight: Harley Amerika the Brave 1978 Hobo with a Grin: Harley Another Journey 1975 B-side of "Make Me Smile (Come Up and See Me)" Harley Audience with the Man 1979 The Candidate: Harley Back to the Farm 1975
Musician Steve Harley has died of cancer, aged 73. The singer , who performed as part of Cockney Rebel, was touring up until January but was forced to cancel dates last month after being diagnosed ...
"Mr. Raffles (Man, It Was Mean)" was released as the follow-up single to "Make Me Smile (Come Up and See Me)" which reached number one in the UK in February 1975. After The Best Years of Our Lives had reached the UK top 5 in March, "Mr. Raffles" was released in May. It reached number 13 in the UK Singles Chart and remained in the top 50 for six ...
Donald A. Guarisco of AllMusic retrospectively wrote: "Of all the glam-rock acts to hit it big in England during the 1970s, Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel were second only to David Bowie himself in terms of artsy ambition. Tunes like "Judy Teen" and "Love's a Prima Donna" may have been poppy enough to sail into the English singles charts, but ...