Ethel Smith graduated from Carnegie Tech, having majored in piano. She got a job as an organist in California, and then went to Rio de Janeiro for a four-week booking. She ended up staying much longer, and it was an Argentinian dance hall beat that inspired her most popular song, "Tico Tico." She returned to the United States during WWII, and "Tico...
Easy to Wed, Bathing Beauty, Ten Nights in a Barroom, Cuban Pete
Star Sign
Sagittarius
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Trademark
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Brightly colored dresses and exotic hats Song "Tico Tico"
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Fact
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Daughter June Carol Atwell born in 1930.
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Known as the "Your Hit Parade" organist, she supplied music for the program for many years. Your Hit Parade was a popular program on both radio and TV. Each show would feature the top 10 musical "hits" of the week as defined by record sales.
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Spoke French, German, Portuguese, Spanish, and Italian
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Organist who toured widely in the 1940s, playing both popular and classical music.
Soundtrack
Title
Year
Status
Character
Strange Magic
2015
writer: "Love Is Strange", "Love Is Strange Finale Version"
Dancing with the Stars
2014
TV Series writer - 1 episode
Schlaflos in Oldenburg
2008
TV Movie writer: "Love is strange"
The Sopranos
2000
TV Series writer - 1 episode
Lipstick on Your Collar
1993
TV Mini-Series writer - 1 episode
Quantum Leap
1992
TV Series writer - 1 episode
Dirty Dancing
1987
writer: "Love Is Strange"
Mischief
1985
writer: "Love Is Strange"
Arena
1984
TV Series documentary writer - 1 episode
Badlands
1973
as B. Smith, "LOVE IS STRANGE"
Shindig!
1965
TV Series writer - 1 episode
Melody Time
1948
performer: "Blame It on the Samba"
Easy to Wed
1946
performer: "Toca Tu Samba", "Bonecu de Pixe"
George White's Scandals
1945
performer: "Liza All the Clouds'll Roll Away", "Leave Us Leap" - uncredited
Bathing Beauty
1944
performer: "I'll Take the High Note" 1943, "By the Waters of Minnetonka: an Indian Love Song" 1914, "Tico-tico no fubá" 1917, "Loch Lomond" - uncredited
$7 Million
