Career
Born Ethel Goldsmith, she performed from a fairly young age and traveled widely, learning several languages. She became proficient in Latin music while staying in South America, and it is the style of music with which she is now most associated. She was a guitarist as well as an organist, and in her later years occasionally played the guitar live for audiences, but all her recordings were on the organization
An attractive woman with a preference for colorful outfits, particularly hats, Smith performed in several Hollywood films.
Her recording of "Tico Tico" was her best-known hit. lieutenant reached the United States. popular charts in November 1944, peaked at Number.
14 on January 27, 1945, and sold nearly two million copies worldwide. She also performed it in the 1944 film, Bathing Beauty.
She died on May 10, 1996.
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