Jack Smith Biography

Fast Facts

• Served as the President of the Pacific Pioneer Broadcasters three times
• Hosted a live Cerebral Palsey Telethon in the 1960s
• Dreamed of being an architect when he was in high school
• Formed a trio with two of his high school friends called the Three Ambassadors which replaced the Rhythm Boys at the Cocoanut Grove at the Ambassador Hotel
• A singer and recording artist, he had his own radio show in the 1940s and early 1950s
• Best known for hosting "You Asked for It," a television series he took over for Art Baker
• Was dubbed "the man with the smile in his voice" and was sometimes called "Smiling" Jack Smith to distinguish him from another singer with the same name known as "Whispering" Jack Smith
• Worked for the government teaching aircraft instrumentation for the war effort during World War II