Whispering Jack Smith - Im Afraid Of You

Jack Smith (31 May 1898, The Bronx, New York City -- 13 May 1950, New York City) 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.

He began his professional career in 1915, when he sang with a quartet at a theater in the Bronx. After service in World War I, he got a job in 1918 as a "song plugger" for the Irving Berlin Music Publishing Company. He was a pianist at a radio station when he got his singing break substituting for a singer who failed to show up. Smith was exclusively on the radio, but beginning in 1925, he began making records. He also started performing on-stage on the vaudeville circuit. In 1927, Jack Smith was touring England, performing with the Blue Skies Theater Company singing tunes such as "Manhattan" by Rogers and Hart and songs by Gershwin, when he was suddenly replaced by a new all girl singing trio, the Hamilton Sisters & Fordyce. Smith returned to New York and eventually went to work for NBC Radio.

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• 1920's
• 1930's

[jgatsby52]

Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! This is great!!!

[ibtheonlymarktoo]

is he anything like 'whispering bill anderson'?

[GeminiNightOwl]

I love the 30's melodies, with long intros and all the great voices of the era. This is definitely a keeper - thanks Linda and thanks edmund for posting :)

[LindaDooWop]

Thank you! This is great!!

[bill3murr]

i really like this song; i have heard the crosby version, but not this one. this is wonderful.....so good. thanks for this great post.

[Artist3303]

Oh Gee...look what i have missed

[pax41]

Great Smith tune that I was unfamiliar with. Thanks for posting.