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

[Kristjan Saag]

Jenny Lind recording?
That would have made him famous. Do you know more about this? The net is 
silent in this matter.
Kristjan

On 2023-03-31 06:25, Donna Halper wrote:
> 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.


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