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Ethel Smith was born to be a musician and performer. She played in shows, and performances, and starred in films well into her 80s. She would appear in non-musical roles on Broadway, and toured throughout the 1950s and 1960s, riding on the success of “Tico Tico.”. Ethel Smith would live to be 94 years old and was active in making music for ...
Ethel Smith was probably the first to achieve success as a pop organist.Spotted by a talent agent while working as the house organist at the St. Regis Hotel in New York City, she began appearing on radio in the late-1930s, she moved to Hollywood in 1940 and appeared in a string of minor musicals, including "Cuban Pete" with Desi Arnaz in 1941 and "Bathing Beauty" with Esther Williams in 1944.
The widely acknowledged "First Lady of the Hammond Organ," Ethel Smith remains best remembered for her recording of the Argentine traditional "Tico-Tico," ...
Ethel Smith gained fame as an organist and performer through radio, film, and records. Most associated with her career is her widely popular rendition of Tico Tico. The collection consists of materials related to her career and includes scrapbooks of press clippings, souvenir programs, publicity stills and photographs, sound recordings, and ...
Jan 23, 2007 · Ethel Smith took immediately to the complicated Hammond electric organ when it was first introduced in the 1930s, and made full use of the wonderful sounds which could be coaxed from it. Always a fan of Latin-American rhythms, she discovered a tune whilst working at the famous Copacabana in Brazil's Rio De Janeiro and in her hands that tune ...
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Ms. Smith toured the United States giving concerts for the Hammond Organ Company in the late 1970s. She then fully retired. Ethel Smith was truly one of the greats of the electric organ and her legacy will leave its mark on the organ world for many years to come. Some Ethel Smith drawbar settings (right hand only, add left hand and pedal):
May 10, 1996 · Ethel Smith (born Ethel Goldsmith; November 22, 1902 – May 10, 1996) was an American organist who played primarily in a pop or Latin style on the Hammond organ. She had a long recording career and appeared in many films.
