Whispering Jack Smith - Whispering

[domartt1]

excelente desde Peru.

[rippinrattlers]

I wish we had music like this today on the radio.



[johnnykirkup]

An absolutely unique vocalist ! I wonder if he was as nice as his songs make him out to be - seemingly kind and full of good humor !

Thanks for posting this !

[jblenkiron2004]

Our love song, Virginia. I miss you. Big Daddy.

[TheEarlofEarth]

@jblenkiron2004 Oh yea! Future Past Forever!

[KidSillyFresh]

This brings me back to walking the halls of the Resorts casino in Atlantic City as a security guard lol.

[AndresAndres8401]

Sing this everyday at work. 

[issurchaim]

I think they do one of his songs on Boardwalk Empire.

[islezeus]

Whats up with the exaggerated tongue trills?

[niezaluje]

ohhh nice!<3 

[kamilla1960]

I believe he was a victim of gas weaponry in WW1, this gave his voice its unique quality.

[kamilla1960]

Was this lovely song written for him?

[JWROWE3]

I once bought, when I was a kid and loved music like this in the 1970's, a 78 of him doing "I Care For Her and She cares for Me"...

[btinsley1]

love it ! this should have been played when Jack Nicholoson came into the ghostly bar in The Shining to have a drink.

[banjodancer]

There used to be a posting of his version of "My Blue Heaven" that was about my favorite of all "Blue Heaven"s I've heard, but I can't find it anymore. Must've been taken down.

[cushtichavi]

How sad about his unmarked grave! I have a 78 of him singing Cecilia. I don't know how to upload them.

[elmaranon]

I am 49 years old and I love this song. Thanks to my dad, I was introduced to this kind of music at very early age. Honduras, Central America.

[nosferatuist]

greatful!! GR E A T ! !  !

Thank you!

[RockLives4u]

This poor guy dies at 51 and his wife buried him in a still unmarked grave in the Bronx NY..He is next ti his mother last name Schmitt..How sad...

[Jetsam1934]

correct about his vocal chords being damaged and I think Chesney Allen of Flanagan and Allen styled his singing on Jack Smith.

[Nanni1947]

Io ho conosciuto questa song tramite il film di Woody Allen, "la Dea dell'Amore":::: è una canzone meravigliosa e magica

[evsynator]

A sound of the time .... great to hear this stuff . With all the technology we have now its easy to dismiss this .

It is now a retro sound ... good posting .

[jh8856]

Super version - try the Comedian Harmonists or Dr. Buzzard as well because it is a great song

[genatzvalee]

Been listening to this song quite often as of late. It suits Jack Smith so much. Who else can perform a song "Whispering" as properly as Whispering Jack Smith? :=)

[williamanesbitt]

He sure rolls his R's a lot for someone named "Jack Smith" ... nice to hear the verse. Most jazz groups just play the chorus over and over.

[genatzvalee]

It took me a while to get used to Jack Smith's peculiar style. Now I do like it. Not everyone knows that his vocal chords were damaged and this is the reason why he sang this way.

[1276epr]

according to my Dad's contemporaries, long since deceased,  this song was very highly regarded during the 1920s, since so much popular music was dominated by novelty songs and nonsense lyrics...rivalled only perhaps by "Moonlight and Roses" and "Sleepy Time Gal".

[imsixftsix]

It does sound like Bela Lugosi singing....

[Nanni1947]

Nel tempo si parlò anche di "Colonizzazione Culturale", ma, come diceva Enrico Montesano....Ahhoooo, l'americani so forti!! :-)

[alanlovedog]

he looks like a vampire - in fact he sings like one too

[genatzvalee]

Ha ha, yeah like Bela Lugosi (kind of a suave Dracula)

[Artist3303]

Why is it that alot of old songs end with a "bong" noise? anyone?

[Caocao8888]

@Artist3303 The "bong" sound you refer to is just a rhythmic tag ending to a lot of new music at a time when young people were, for the first time, finally feeling power and influence on American culture. The flappers of the 1920s put their unique mark on music, clothes, hairstyles, and just about everything else they could lay their hands on. They delighted in thumbing their noses at their elders, and unusual rhythmic twists were just one way to do it.

[JonasE1969]

underbar musik, har för mig att den spelas i filmen "the shining"

[PepulzGuys]

love it........ music is so creepy :D

[Nanni1947]

Questa è musica eterna che il tempo non potrà mai cancellare.

[kfarm2001]

A favourite song of a dear friend, Virginia Kapoor, who hosted a delightful radio program in Vancouver called "Future Past" til her untimely passing a couple of years ago.

[osusannarosen]

Thank you so much for posting this. A friend of mine has been trying to get me to do this one for a while and I hadn't heard it until now.

[RobinDeCradle]

If I could go back in time, I'd hit it.

Just kidding, but I love the hell out of this guy.

He's beautifully creepy.

[havardmindx]

Thanks! Great old song. Harvard

[Shakeitupyes]

this is the first time I ever heard this song, but I knew the words before they came. *freaked out*

[cvwtzhaar]

Very nice, paul whiteman's version was good too

[kspm01]

Exquisite!

[Enki13]

thx edmundusrex great song and rare!