Smiles

Smiles

Band,
Rock, Folk and World

Very obscure US alternative/prog rock band from El Cajon, California, active in the early 1970s. Their best known song, which was known by DJ Shadow fans as "I'm Just a Star on a Democratic Flag" until 2017, appears at the end of the 40 minute mix of prog rock tracks comprising Disc 2 of DJ Shadow's album "Diminishing Returns". Indie rock group Pink Flames covered the song as a single in 2016. In 2017, a 7" was submitted to Discogs, revealing the title to be "Just a Star", also revealing another song title, "Dedicated to Mama". A Reddit user tracked the songwriters of "Just a Star", Larry Smith and Rich Norkunas, down in early 2018.

Members

	Larry Smith
	Rich Norkunas

Popular Tracks

Santa Marinero on Больше жизни by Aslan

On You on On You by Smiles

Pack OUT on Poboys by Silky Southern & Smiles

Alixe on Poboys by Silky Southern & Smiles

Gorilla Fanga Spliffs on Poboys by Silky Southern & Smiles

Grey Matter on Poboys by Silky Southern & Smiles

Ma Mère on Reflections of the Heavens by Smiles

Corps on Reflections of the Heavens by Smiles

The Smiling Balloon on The Smiling Balloon by Smiles

Bébé on Reflections of the Heavens by Smiles

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Discography

Title	Artist	Year	Type
Just A Star	Smiles, Astronauts, Etc.	2019	Single
Dedicated To Mama / Just A Star	Smiles	1971	Single

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Acknowledgements

To all the music fans that are contributing on Discogs, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia. Thanks to Franz Flückiger for providing Storygram used to visualize band membership.

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