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Remembering Willie The Lion Smith (1893-1973)
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Remembering Willie The Lion Smith (1893-1973)
William Henry Joseph Bonaparte Bertholf Smith (November 23, 1893, Goshen, New York, US – April 18, 1973, New York, US), was a famous pianist known professionally as William The Lion Smith. In 1907, the family moved to New Jersey in 1912, and there he began his first studies. When Willie was six years old, he discovered an organ in the lower chamber that his mother used to play. It was dilapidated and almost half of the keys were missing. After his mother saw that he was interested, she taught him the melodies she knew. The boy participated in an amateur dance competition at the Arcadia Theater and won first place, including a ten-dollar prize. After that, he focused more on playing music in clubs.
An eventful life in the local clubs led him to learn to play the piano and with an excellent musical ear, he played the same melodies he heard in the clubs, such as: "Maple Leaf Rag" by Scott Joplin, Cannonball Rag by Joe Northrup, "Black and White Rag" by George Botsford and "Don't Hit that Lady Dressed in Green." In the first decade of the 20th century, he toured the clubs of Atlantic City and New York, before he entered the army and was transferred to France during the First World War.
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Remembering Willie The Lion Smith (1893-1973)
Remembering Willie The Lion Smith (1893-1973)Best Sheet Music download from our Library.Please, subscribe to our Library. Thank you!Willie The Lion Smith - Echoes Of Spring 1957Browse in the Library:
Remembering Willie The Lion Smith (1893-1973)
William Henry Joseph Bonaparte Bertholf Smith (November 23, 1893, Goshen, New York, US – April 18, 1973, New York, US), was a famous pianist known professionally as William The Lion Smith. In 1907, the family moved to New Jersey in 1912, and there he began his first studies. When Willie was six years old, he discovered an organ in the lower chamber that his mother used to play. It was dilapidated and almost half of the keys were missing. After his mother saw that he was interested, she taught him the melodies she knew. The boy participated in an amateur dance competition at the Arcadia Theater and won first place, including a ten-dollar prize. After that, he focused more on playing music in clubs.
An eventful life in the local clubs led him to learn to play the piano and with an excellent musical ear, he played the same melodies he heard in the clubs, such as: "Maple Leaf Rag" by Scott Joplin, Cannonball Rag by Joe Northrup, "Black and White Rag" by George Botsford and "Don't Hit that Lady Dressed in Green." In the first decade of the 20th century, he toured the clubs of Atlantic City and New York, before he entered the army and was transferred to France during the First World War.
sheetmusiclibrary.website/2024/11/23/willie-the-lion-smit...