Ethel Smith papers, 1950s-1990s

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Ethel Smith papers, 1950s-1990s

http://www.oac.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/kt3m3nf1xs

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 . The collection consists of materials related to her career and includes scrapbooks of press clippings, souvenir programs, publicity stills and photographs, sound recordings, and publications from the Ethel Smith Music Corporation. Tico Tico

7 boxes (4.0 linear ft); 3 flat boxes

eng,

University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Performing Arts Special Collections.

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Smith, Ethel, 1902-1996

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Biography Ethel Goldsmith was born on November 22, 1910, in Pittsburgh, PA. She attended Carnegie Tech and majored in piano. She 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 . Spotted by a talent agent while working as the house organist at the St. Regis hotel in New York, she began appearing on radio in the late 1930s. In 1941 she took ...