Whispering Jack Smith
Birth and Death Data: Born 1899, Died 1951
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1925 - 1930
Roles Represented in DAHR: baritone vocal, piano
Notes: Billed as the "Whispering Baritone," perhaps in competition with Columbia recording star Art Gillham, the "Whispering Pianist." In his earliest (trial) recordings for Victor, Jack Smith is listed as the "Whispering Pianist." Not to be confused with 1950s Decca vocalist Jack Smith (1913-2006).
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= Recordings were issued from this master. No recordings issued from other masters.
Recordings
| Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Victor | BVE-33383 | 10-in. | 9/15/1925 | Cecilia | Jack Smith | Male vocal solo, with piano | vocalist, baritone vocal | |
| Victor | BVE-33384 | 10-in. | 9/15/1925 | I care for her and she cares for me | Jack Smith | Male vocal solo, with piano | vocalist, baritone vocal | |
| Victor | BVE-33397 | 10-in. | 9/21/1925 | I'm knee deep in daisies (And head over heels in love) | Jack Smith | Male vocal solo, with piano | vocalist, baritone vocal | |
| Victor | BVE-33398 | 10-in. | 9/21/1925 | Feelin' kind o' blue | Jack Smith | Male vocal solo, with piano | vocalist, baritone vocal | |
| Victor | BVE-33399 | 10-in. | 9/21/1925 | Loud speakin' papa (You'd better speak easy to me) | Jack Smith | Male vocal solo, with piano | vocalist, baritone vocal | |
| Victor | BVE-33848 | 10-in. | 11/4/1925 | Some other bird whistled a tune | Whispering Jack Smith | Male vocal solo, with whistling and piano (takes 4-7) | vocalist, baritone vocal, instrumentalist, piano | |
| Victor | BVE-33849 | 10-in. | 11/4/1925 | What did I tell ya? (That's her, that's her) | Whispering Jack Smith | Male vocal solo, with piano | vocalist, baritone vocal | |
| Victor | BVE-33895 | 10-in. | 11/24/1925 | Are you sorry? | Whispering Jack Smith | Male vocal solo, with piano | vocalist, baritone vocal | |
| Victor | BVE-33896 | 10-in. | 11/24/1925 | I wanna go where you go, do what you do (Then I'll be happy) | Jack Smith | Male vocal solo, with piano | vocalist, baritone vocal, instrumentalist, piano | |
| Victor | BVE-34398 | 10-in. | 2/5/1926 | When autumn leaves are falling | Whispering Jack Smith | Male vocal solo, with piano | vocalist, baritone vocal | |
| Victor | BVE-34399 | 10-in. | 2/5/1926 | I don't believe it, but say it again | Jack Smith | Male vocal solo, with piano | vocalist, baritone vocal | |
| Victor | BVE-34600 | 10-in. | 2/5/1926 | Don't be a fool, you fool | Jack Smith | Male vocal solo, with piano (self-accompaniment) | vocalist, baritone vocal, instrumentalist, piano | |
| Victor | BVE-34638 | 10-in. | 2/19/1926 | Pretty little baby | Jack Smith | Male vocal solo, with piano (self-accompaniment) | vocalist, baritone vocal, instrumentalist, piano | |
| Victor | BVE-34639 | 10-in. | 2/19/1926 | Poor papa (He's got nothin' at all) | Jack Smith | Male vocal solo, with piano (self-accompaniment) | vocalist, baritone vocal, instrumentalist, piano | |
| Victor | BVE-34683 | 10-in. | 3/5/1926 | Gimme a little kiss (Will ya? Huh?) | Jack Smith | Male vocal solo, with piano | vocalist, baritone vocal | |
| Victor | BVE-34684 | 10-in. | 3/5/1926 | I'd climb the highest mountain if I knew I'd find you | Jack Smith | Male vocal solo, with piano | vocalist, baritone vocal | |
| Victor | BVE-35350 | 10-in. | 4/28/1926 | When the red, red robin comes bob, bob, bobbin' along | Whispering Jack Smith | Male vocal solo, with piano (self-accompaniment) | vocalist, baritone vocal, instrumentalist, piano | |
| Victor | BVE-35351 | 10-in. | 4/28/1926 | To-night's my night with baby | Whispering Jack Smith | Male vocal solo, with piano (self-accompaniment) | vocalist, baritone vocal, instrumentalist, piano | |
| Victor | BVE-35352 | 10-in. | 4/28/1926 | Talking to the moon | Jack Smith | Male vocal solo, with piano (self-accompaniment) | vocalist, baritone vocal, instrumentalist, piano | |
| Victor | BVE-36342 | 10-in. | 9/22/1926 | I'm on my way home | Jack Smith | Male vocal solo, with piano | vocalist, baritone vocal | |
| Victor | BVE-36343 | 10-in. | 9/22/1926 | Baby face | Jack Smith | Male vocal solo, with piano | vocalist, baritone vocal | |
| Victor | BVE-36377 | 10-in. | 10/1/1926 | That's a good girl | Whispering Jack Smith | Male vocal solo, with piano | vocalist, baritone vocal | |
| Victor | BVE-36378 | 10-in. | 10/1/1926 | Precious | Whispering Jack Smith | Male vocal solo, with piano | vocalist, baritone vocal | |
| Victor | BVE-36886 | 10-in. | 10/30/1926 | No one but you knows how to love | Jack Smith | Male vocal solo, with 2 pianos | vocalist, baritone vocal | |
| Victor | BVE-36887 | 10-in. | 10/30/1926 | I'm tellin' the bird, tellin' the bees (How I love you) | Whispering Jack Smith | Male vocal solo, with 2 pianos | vocalist, baritone vocal | |
| Victor | BVE-36888 | 10-in. | 10/30/1926 | There ain't no maybe in my baby's eyes | Jack Smith | Male vocal solo, with 2 pianos | vocalist, baritone vocal | |
| Victor | BVE-36992 | 10-in. | 12/2/1926 | Clap yo' hands | Whispering Jack Smith | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist, baritone vocal | |
| Victor | BVE-37177 | 10-in. | 12/23/1926 | So will I | Jack Smith | Male vocal solo, with piano (self-accompaniment) | vocalist, baritone vocal, instrumentalist, piano | |
| Victor | BVE-37178 | 10-in. | 12/23/1926 | If I didn't know your husband and you didn't know my wife | Jack Smith | Male vocal solo, with piano (self-accompaniment) | vocalist, baritone vocal, instrumentalist, piano | |
| Victor | BVE-38222 | 10-in. | 3/18/1927 | It's just because I'm falling in love with you | Jack Smith | Male vocal solo, with piano | vocalist, baritone vocal | |
| Victor | BVE-38223 | 10-in. | 3/18/1927 | My Sunday girl | Jack Smith | Male vocal solo, with piano | vocalist, baritone vocal | |
| Victor | BVE-38224 | 10-in. | 3/18/1927 | I've never seen a straight banana | Jack Smith | Male vocal solo, with piano | vocalist, baritone vocal | |
| Victor | BVE-38225 | 10-in. | 3/18/1927 | My idea of heaven (Is to be in love with you) | Jack Smith | Male vocal solo, with piano | vocalist, baritone vocal | |
| Victor | BVE-38702 | 10-in. | 4/28/1927 | Where the wild, wild flowers grow | Jack Smith | Male vocal solo, with piano | vocalist, baritone vocal | |
| Victor | BVE-38703 | 10-in. | 4/28/1927 | Rosy cheeks | Jack Smith | Male vocal solo, with piano | vocalist, baritone vocal | |
| Victor | BVE-38704 | 10-in. | 4/28/1927 | Me and my shadow | Whispering Jack Smith | Male vocal solo, with piano | vocalist, baritone vocal | |
| Victor | BVE-38705 | 10-in. | 4/28/1927 | Oo! Golly ain't she cute? | Jack Smith | Male vocal solo, with piano | vocalist, baritone vocal, instrumentalist, piano | |
| Victor | BVE-38706 | 10-in. | 4/28/1927 | You won't see me, if I see you (With anybody else at all) | Whispering Jack Smith | Male vocal solo, with piano | vocalist, baritone vocal, instrumentalist, piano | |
| Victor | BVE-39378 | 10-in. | 10/28/1927 | Where have you been all my life | Jack Smith | Male vocal solo, with piano (self-accompaniment) | vocalist, baritone vocal, instrumentalist, piano | |
| Victor | BVE-39379 | 10-in. | 10/28/1927 | The best things in life are free | Jack Smith | Male vocal solo, with piano (self-accompaniment) | vocalist, baritone vocal, instrumentalist, piano | |
| Victor | BVE-39380 | 10-in. | 10/28/1927 | Play-ground in the sky | Jack Smith | Male vocal solo, with piano (self-accompaniment) | vocalist, baritone vocal, instrumentalist, piano | |
| Victor | BVE-39381 | 10-in. | 11/1/1927 | For my baby | Jack Smith | Male vocal solo, with piano | vocalist, baritone vocal, instrumentalist, piano | |
| Victor | BVE-40509 | 10-in. | 10/25/1927 | The song is ended (But the melody lingers on) | Jack Smith | Male vocal solo, with piano (self-accompaniment) | vocalist, baritone vocal, instrumentalist, piano | |
| Victor | BVE-40510 | 10-in. | 10/25/1927 | There must be somebody else | Jack Smith | Male vocal solo, with piano (self-accompaniment) | vocalist, baritone vocal, instrumentalist, piano | |
| Victor | BVE-40511 | 10-in. | 10/25/1927 | I'll be lonely | Jack Smith | Male vocal solo, with piano (self-accompaniment) | vocalist, baritone vocal, instrumentalist, piano | |
| Victor | BVE-49946 | 10-in. | 2/13/1929 | Glad rag doll | Whispering Jack Smith | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist, baritone vocal | |
| Victor | BVE-49947 | 10-in. | 2/13/1929 | Sweet forget-me-not | Whispering Jack Smith | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist, baritone vocal | |
| Victor | BVE-51658 | 10-in. | 4/24/1929 | I kiss your hand, madame | Whispering Jack Smith | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist, baritone vocal | |
| Victor | BVE-51659 | 10-in. | 4/24/1929 | She's a new kind of old-fashioned girl | Whispering Jack Smith | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist, baritone vocal | |
| Victor | BVE-51667 | 10-in. | 4/30/1929 | From sunrise to sunset (From sunset 'til dawn) | Jack Smith | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist, baritone vocal | |
| Victor | BVE-51690 | 10-in. | 5/8/1929 | To be in love (espesh'lly with you) | Jack Smith | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist, baritone vocal | |
| Victor | BVE-53999 | 10-in. | 8/20/1929 | I'm just a vagabond lover | Jack Smith | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist, baritone vocal | |
| Victor | PBVE-54769 | 10-in. | 4/24/1930 | When you look in my eyes | Jack Smith | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist, baritone vocal | |
| Victor | PBVE-54770 | 10-in. | 4/24/1930 | You may not like it (But it's a great idea) | Whispering Jack Smith | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist, baritone vocal | |
| Victor | PBVE-54820 | 10-in. | 5/20/1930 | 'Leven-thirty Saturday night | Whispering Jack Smith | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist, baritone vocal | |
| Victor | PBVE-54821 | 10-in. | 5/20/1930 | Where can you be | Whispering Jack Smith | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist, baritone vocal | |
| Victor | PBVE-54831 | 10-in. | 5/23/1930 | I'm a slave, a slave to love | Whispering Jack Smith | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist, baritone vocal | |
| Victor | BVE-55812 | 10-in. | 8/28/1929 | Then you've never been blue | Jack Smith | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist, baritone vocal | |
| Victor | BVE-55813 | 10-in. | 8/28/1929 | You wanted me, I wanted you | Jack Smith | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist, baritone vocal | |
| Victor | BVE-56100 | 10-in. | 8/20/1929 | Mistakes | Jack Smith | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist, baritone vocal | |
| Victor | BVE-57122 | 10-in. | 10/25/1929 | On the road to Rainbow Bay | Jack Smith | Male vocal solo, with pianos | vocalist, baritone vocal | |
| Victor | BVE-57123 | 10-in. | 10/25/1929 | Congratulations | Jack Smith | Male vocal solo, with pianos | vocalist, baritone vocal | |
| Victor | BVE-Test-187 | 10-in. | 7/30/1929 | Who conquers the mighty Benkei | Jack Smith | Male vocal solo, with piano | vocalist, baritone vocal | |
| Victor | [Trial 1925-08-28-08] | 10-in. | 8/28/1925 | Alone at last | Jack Smith | Male vocal solo, with piano | vocalist, baritone vocal | |
| Victor | [Trial 1925-08-28-09] | 10-in. | 8/28/1925 | My sweetie turned me down | Jack Smith | Male vocal solo, with piano | vocalist, baritone vocal |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Smith, Whispering Jack," accessed April 18, 2024, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/102988.
Smith, Whispering Jack. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved April 18, 2024, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/102988.
"Smith, Whispering Jack." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 18 April 2024.
DAHR Persistent Identifier
Linked Open Data Sources
LCNAR: Smith, Jack, 1899-1951 - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80163849
Wikidata: http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q104521446
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