Record ID:
49860298 (Libraries Australia Authorities)
Authority type:
  • Name.
LC number:
  • n 80163849
Heading:
Occupations:
  • American composer, film actor.
Used for:
  • Smith, Whispering Jack, 1899-1951
Notes:
  • His birth name, birth & death dates are uncertain. Checked NLA E-resources, Wikipedia, IMDB, Google. 1899-1951 assigned by LC.
  • NOTE: Not to be confused with American composer & actor, "Smith, Jack C., 1895-1944" whose works were published under Jack Smith, also another American singer & film actor, "Smith, Jack, 1913-2006".
  • The Whispering baritone [SR] 1975 (a.e.) label (Jack Smith) on container (Whispering Jack Smith, 1899-1951)
  • Give me a little kiss, will ya, huh?, c1926 caption (by Roy Turk, Jack Smith and Maceo Pinkard)
  • Wikipedia, viewed 22/06/2011 (Jack Smith (b. 31/May/1898, The Bronx, N.Y. ; d, 13/May/1950, N.Y.) was known as "Whispering" Jack Smith and was a popular baritone singer in the 1920s and 1930s who made a brief come-back in the late 1940s. He was a popular radio and recording artist who occasionally appeared in films. Smith was born John Schmidt.)
  • IMDB, viewed 22/06/2011 ('Whispering' Jack Smith (b. 30/May/1896-13/May/1950), born Jacob Schmidt) http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0807184
Local system number:
  • (AuCNL)879461
Cataloguing source:
  • DLC eng DLC OBgU-MA ANL