7/9/2023 0 Comments Whistleing jack smithAfter service in World War I, he got a job in 1918 as a " song plugger" for the Irving Berlin Music Publishing Company. Smith began his professional career in 1915, when he sang with a quartet at a theater in the Bronx. The Registrar recorded him as "Tall" of "Medium" (build) with "Blue" (eyes) and "Brown" (hair), but "No" (to Visible Scars?). He was a "Theatrical singer" employed by "McLaughlin Agency, Pgh, Pa" and for Where Employed wrote "Traveling in Theatres". On his World War I Draft Registration Card (dated Jat a precinct in the Bronx, NYC) he gave his name as "Jacob J Schmidt", his date of birth as and his age as 21 years. Smith was born in The Bronx, New York, the youngest son of Charles Henry Schmidt and Anna Staab.
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