Michael Jackson's Favorite Song - Smile (lyrics)

Lyrics to SMILE, song from Modern Times

Smile though your heart is aching
Smile even though it's breaking
When there are clouds in the sky
You'll get by

If you smile
through your fear and sorrow
Smile and maybe tomorrow
You'll see the sun come shining through for you

Light up your face with gladness,
Hide every trace of sadness,
Although a tear may be ever so near

That's the time
You must keep on trying,
Smile, what's the use of crying?
You'll find that life is still worthwhile

If you just smile...

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Michael Jackson's favorite song, sung by Jermaine Jackson at Staples Center memorial service

Music by Charlie Chaplin, Lyrics by John Turner and Geoffrey Parsons

Live Coverage of Michael Jackson Memorial in LA

Michael Jackson Public Memorial Service
Date: Tuesday, July 7, 2009, 10:00 a.m.
Location: STAPLES Center, Los Angeles, California

The Michael Jackson Public Memorial Service takes place Tuesday, July 7, 2009 at 10:00 a.m. at STAPLES Center in downtown Los Angeles and simulcast inside to Nokia Theatre L.A. LIVE across the street.

Fans are being asked not to go! The LAPD won't be able to handle the massive influx of people into the city center.

FLASH UPDATE: Michael Jackson's body will be taken to the Staples Center memorial in downtown Los Angeles!

LAPD officers have blocked off roads and warned those without tickets to stay away because they will not be able to get near the downtown venue.

Stevie Wonder, Mariah Carey, Usher, Lionel Richie, Kobe Bryant, Jennifer Hudson, John Mayer and Martin Luther King III are among the celebrity guests scheduled to attend Michael Jackson's memorial service on Tuesday at the Staples Center in Los Angeles.

Jackson will be buried WITHOUT HIS BRAIN at Forest Lawn cemetery in Hollywood Hills.

BE PART OF TELEVISION HISTORY!

Many networks are skipping their regular programming and airing the Michael Jackson Memorial Service instead.

The music stations MTV, BET, VH1, MTV.com, VH1.com, VH1 Classics and VH1 Soul are all providing coverage and airing the Memorial at 12:00 p.m. Eastern and 9:00 a.m. Pacific. MSNBC begins covering the Memorial Service at 8:00 a.m. Pacific, 11:00 a.m. Eastern. The anchor is Chris Jansing.

Both CNN and HLN are covering the Memorial service live. Anderson Cooper begins at 9:00 a.m. Pacific, 12:00 p.m. Eastern. CNN International and CNN en Espanol are also airing the service. CNN is streaming the service live on the Internet too.

CBS begins coverage with the Early Show, and ABC’s Good Morning America is also providing special coverage. Martin Bashir, who did the infamous interview with Michael Jackson, co-anchors the ABC coverage. There will be a special 20/20 hosted by both Barbara Walters and Diane Sawyer at 9:00 p.m.

NBC is doing a special, ‘split’ coverage on the Today show. Brian Williams begins covering the Staples Center at 10:00 a.m. while Meredith Vieria is running coverage during the Today Show.

Fox’s Great Van Sustern is live in Los Angeles and will have a special feature at 10:00 p.m of “On the Record.” Fox is also be streaming live on the web, beginning at 10:00 a.m. Pacific and 1:00 p.m. Eastern.

About 85 theaters across the country, from Los Angeles to Topeka, Kansas, to Washington, D.C., are broadcasting the memorial live, for free.

TV.com is hosting a live online stream of CBS News' coverage beginning at 9 a.m. PT/Noon ET/5 p.m. GMT. Their servers like those of many other sites providing live streaming of the event are likely to be overloaded.

Live online stream on this Yahoo! page:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ynews/20090707/en_ynews/ynews_en429

Tickets for Michael Jackson Memorial at Staples Center

Michael Jackson Public Memorial Service
Tuesday, July 7, 2009, 10:00 a.m.
STAPLES Center, Los Angeles, California

The Michael Jackson Public Memorial Service will take place on Tuesday, July 7, 2009 at 10:00 a.m. at STAPLES Center in downtown Los Angeles, California and simulcast inside to Nokia Theatre L.A. LIVE across the street. A limited number of free tickets to both venues will be made available for Michael Jackson's fans to attend.

Due to the expected overwhelming demand, procedures have been set to accommodate registration for the tickets. Note that by registering for tickets to attend the Public Memorial Service, it does NOT guarantee the registrant tickets.

The opportunity to register for tickets begins at 10:00 a.m. Pacific Time on Friday, July 3, 2009 and ends at 6:00 p.m. Pacific Time on Saturday, July 4, 2009.

Register here: http://staplescenter.com/memorial.php