[78-L] wanted EJs biography Edward J Smith Eddie Smith

[Donna Halper]

On 3/30/2023 8:21 PM, Thomas Stern wrote:
> I am looking for biographical information for Edward J. (Joseph) Smith,
> Eddie Smith legendary record producer.
Well, evidently the marriage did occur, because it is mentioned in an 
April 1947 newspaper article about Elizabeth Wysor that in her private 
life, she is the wife of "Edward Smith, associate editor of Musical 
Digest," and that they lived in New York. He was writing for that 
magazine since at least the mid-1940s.  According to a subsequent 
article, from late March 1950, the couple traveled together for 
performances: she sang, and he gave lectures about the history of 
recorded music. During his presentations, he often utilized some of his 
large personal collection of phonograph records: he even had a rare 
recording of Jenny Lind.  That article from March 1950, "Club to Present 
Miss Wysor, Music Critic Here Saturday Night," Fredericksburg (Virginia) 
Free Lance-Star, March 29, 1950, p. 7) said he was a former music editor 
at Variety, and evidently he had recently left Musical Digest because it 
mentioned he was associated with Continental Records as its artistic 
director, and editor of World-Wide Music Syndicate.

-- 
Donna L. Halper, PhD
Associate Professor of Communication & Media Studies
Lesley University, Cambridge MA