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Sara Smile -- Hall & Oates -vs- Rumer
"Sara Smile" is a song written and recorded by the American musical duo Hall & Oates. It was released on January 31, 1976 as the second single from their album Daryl Hall & John Oates. The song was the group's first Top 10 hit in the US, reaching number four on the Billboard Hot 100.
British female singer-songwriter Rumer released a cover version on July 30, 2012 as the second single from her second studio album Boys Don't Cry (2012). The song has charted in Belgium
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I have some good memories associated with the original version. But I also like the way that Rumer has "re-styled" the vocals to sound more like she's singing an old "standard" tune rather than blue-eyed soul.
I guess, if you think about it... songs from 1976 are standards now, aren't they?