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- 4
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- From Whence Cometh My Help
- Food
- Impressions That Remained - Memoirs Vol. I
- Low Carb Diet Recipes Cookbook 2022
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Film & TV
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Ethel Smith (November 22, 1902 – May 10, 1996) was an American organist who played primarily in a pop style on the Hammond organ. Born Ethel Goldsmith, she performed from a fairly young age and traveled widely, after studying both music and several languages at Carnegie Tech. She became proficient in Latin music while staying in South America, and it is the style of music with which she is now…
Known for
- Music Land — Organ Player (archive footage)1955
- Melody Time — Ethel Smith1948
- Cuban Pete — Ethel Smith1946
- Easy to Wed — Ethel Smith1946
- Twice Blessed — Ethel Smith - Organist1945
- George White's Scandals — Swing Organist1945
- Thrill of a Romance — Organ Player (uncredited)1945
- Bathing Beauty — Ethel Smith1944
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1969-08-06
- Active to
- 2003-10-21
Discography
- Shytown / No Confidence Man1994
- Roman Candle1994
- Needle in the Hay1995
- Elliott Smith1995
- Speed Trials1996
- Division Day / No Name #61997
- Either/Or1997
- Ballad of Big Nothing1998
- XO1998
- Waltz #2 (XO)1998
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- 6,892
- Total plays
- 64,944
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Ethel Smith (November 22, 1910 – May 10, 1996) was an organist who played primarily in a pop style on the Hammond organ. Her recording of Tico Tico was her best-known hit. It reached No. 14 on the U.S. pop charts in November 1944 and sold over one million copies worldwide. She also recorded it for the 1944 film, Bathing Beauty. She was married to Ralph Bellamy from 1945 to 1947. She died on May 10, 1996. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Ethel+Smith">Read more on Last.fm</a>
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Ethel
- Family name
- Smith
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Pittsburgh
- Place of death
- Palm Beach
- Spouse
- Ralph Bellamy
- Occupation
- organist
- Genre
- jazz
- Instrument
- organ
- Image
- Ethel Smith Billboard.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1902-11-22
- date of death
- 1996-05-10
- Commons category
- Ethel Smith
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