Ethel Smith (organist) Ethel Smith was an American organist who played primarily in a pop style on the Hammond organ .Early life and career 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 most associated. She was a guitarist as well as an organist, and in her later years occasionally played the guitar live for audiences, but all her recordings were on the organ. She ultimately recorded dozens of albums, mostly for Decca Records .Film and recording career An attractive woman with a preference for colorful outfits, particularly hats, Smith performed in several Hollywood films such as George White's Scandals and Melody Time . She was married to Hollywood actor Ralph Bellamy from 1945 to 1947, at the height of her fame, and their acrimonious divorce made headlines. She never had children. Her rendition of "Tico Tico" became her best-known hit. She performed it in the MGM film Bathing Beauty , after which her recording reached the U.S. pop charts in November 1944, peaked at #14 on January 27, 1945, and sold nearly two million copies worldwide. "Down Yonder" was her second national hit, reaching #16 on October 27 , 1951. Smith's recording of "Monkey on a String" became the theme song for Garfield Goose and Friends , a popular children's television show in Chicago that ran from 1952 until 1976.Death Smith died on May 10, 1996, at age 93.Selected works 78s Teddy Bear's Picnic / Fiddle-Faddle, Decca 60.298 American Series Tico Tico, Decca 23353 Tico Tico / Lere Lero, Decca BM03571 American Series White Christmas / Jingle Bells , Decca BM30601 American Series Paran Pan Pin - Cachita / The Parrot, Decca BM03632 American Series Quizas, Quizas, Quizas / Made for Each Other , Decca 60.139 American Series Blame It on the Samba / The Green Cockatoo , Decca 60.249 American Series Mambo Jambo, Decca 27119 Monkey on a String, Decca 27183 I'm Walking Behind You / April in Portugal , Brunswick 05147 Ethel's Birthday Party / The Wedding of the Painted Doll, Decca 60.605 Bring her Out Again / Sleigh Ride , Brunswick 04517LPs Ethel Smith's Hit Party , Decca DL 4803Souvenir Album , Decca DL 5016Christmas Music , Decca DL 5034Ethel Smith's Cha Cha Cha Album , Decca DL 8164Christmas Music , Decca DL 8187 Galloping Fingers , Decca DL 8456Latin From Manhattan , Decca DL 8457Miss Smith Goes to Paris , Decca DL 8640Dance to the Latin Rhythms of Ethel Smith , Decca DL 8712Waltz With Me , Decca DL 8735Lady Fingers , Decca DL 8744Bright and Breezy , Decca DL 8799Ethel Smith Swings Sweetly , Decca DL 74095The Many Moods of Ethel Smith , Decca DL 74145Make Mine Hawaiian , Decca DL 74236Lady of Spain , Decca DL 74325 Rhythm Antics! , Decca DL 74414At the End of a Perfect Day , Decca DL 74467Hollywood Favorites , Decca DL 74618Ethel Smith's Hit Party , Decca DL 74803Seated One Day at the Organ , Decca DL 78902Bouquet of the Blues , Decca DL 78955Ethel Smith on Broadway , Decca DL 78993Ethel Smith , Vocalion VL 3669Organ Holiday , Vocalion VL 73778Silent Night—Holy Night , Vocalion VL 73882Parade , MCA Coral CB 20021CDs Tico Tico , Living Era AJA-5506. A compilation of early releases from 1944–1952The Fabulous Organ Music of Ethel Smith , MCA MSD-35255 The First Lady of the Hammond Organ: Plays "Tico Tico" & Other Great Recordings, Jasmine Music. A 2-CD compilation of early recordingsFilms Bathing Beauty Twice Blessed George White's Scandals Cuban Pete Easy to Wed Melody Time: Blame It on the Samba as HerselfC'mon, Let's Live a Little The Sidelong Glances of a Pigeon Kicker Wicked, Wicked Music books The Ethel Smith Hammond Organ Method Book One, Revised Edition , Copyright 1949 and 1964 By Ethel Smith Music Corp. New York, NY. For use on every Hammond Organ including all Spinet Models.
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