Ethel Smith
Organist, Composer
1902 – 1996
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Who was Ethel Smith?
Ethel Smith 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.
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- Born
- Nov 22, 1902
Pittsburgh - Also known as
- Ethel Goldsmith
- Ethel Mae Smith
- Ethel "Tootsie" Smith
- Spouses
- Ralph Bellamy
(1945/08/21 - 1947/11/25) - Bo Diddley
(1949 - 1956)
- Ralph Bellamy
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Carnegie Institute of Technology
- Died
- May 10, 1996
Palm Beach
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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