Ehtel Smith

[mel1001]

This isn't Tico Tico - I think it's By The Waters Of Minnetonka...

[Hobbs360]

this recording is so crazy and well mixed, at 1:23 is that a real steam whistle or just the wurlitzer? I CAN'T TELL!

[organfreak]

@Hobbs360 and others:

1. It's not a Wurlitzer, it's a Hammond, and says so.

2. It's not a B-3, it's a model BC (no B-3s invented at this time).

3. No Leslie, that vibrato is coming from the organ.

[sophelet]

Gotta love those organ shoes! Plus that overwrought vibrato (Leslie, right?). 

[betterntv]

This video might be more easily searchable if Smith's first name were spelled correctly.

[LoveTOFU2]

Did she ever play with Lawrence Welk? Just seems to me she would have fit right in that show as a guest star. Man, she can play.

[bobbymak880]

Where is Ethel Smith's TICO TICO video?  I can't find it!!!

[bobbymak880]

Where is Ethel Smith's TICO TICO video? I can't find it!!!

[youlldietrying]

Is she playing at a campfire girl campout?

[rohenwi]

IHola, I'm from Venezuela and my name is Henry and I have a record of those who were 78 rpm EthelSmith (Jingle Bells) and (White Christmas), is a little scratched, the day may cost today

[Larsky1010]

Well up into the 50s and 60s Hammonds with and without Leslies were the mainstay of soap operas, if no theatre pipe organ was available. Many large radio stations began with the latter, but were happy to switch to the no-maintenance-ever-needed Hammond for budgetary and spatial reasons.

[4freespeech]

Sounds like theme music from a 1940s

radio soap opera, doesn't it?

[klavier1us]

For those curious the tune is called:"By the Waters of Minnetonka: an Indian Love Song" from the famous aquatic film "Bathing Beauty"

[davcar23]

I wonder how they sync'd the orchestra.

[gingervytis]

Probably added the orch later.

[bobthehappyhaddock7]

anyone know typical hammond prices, or any other similar organs?

[tipple1933]

Second hand Hammonds are cheap to purchase these days It depends whar you are looking for

[packymayonaise]

bass pedal glissando what!!!

[telecaster1963]

Great!

[doeshecare]

wow thats all i can say about this one

[FlametopFred]

Comes across like a strange initiation / recruitment ceremony by some weird female cult with sub-dom shadings ... but still, they wouldn't even have to pay me to be the roadie for that band. They just don't make movies (or B3 players) like that anymore.

[markmarshall39]

your right, she got me!

[allendale1962]

She was a true talent at the hammond! Wow!

[lesliekeepsonspinin]

where is it located

[shearkkpsi]

what is the name of this movie?

[bernabeh]

BATHING BEAUTY - (Escola de Sereias - Portuguese)

[asyntheticsound]

@bernabeh no it's not, i have this cassette tape & it's "By The Waters Of Minnetonka"

[PhilippeRgt]

Quel enchantement que ce revoir cette prodigieuse belle femme qu'était Ethel Smith jouer au cours des années 50 aussi bien l'orgue électronique hammond

(je possède 2 33 tours d'elle en 25 cm, notamment de bonne musique de genre)