One of the greatest music executives of all time. The toastmaster general. A multifaceted renaissance man, raconteur and wine connoisseur.
Loving and devoted husband and father.Those are just a few of the many sentiments echoed by artists, music industry executives, friends and family alike during the Celebration of Joe Smith’s Wonderful Life in Beverly Hills (March 3).
Smith, the legendary record label executive who presided over Warner Bros. Records, Elektra/Asylum and Capitol-EMI Music—signing the Grateful Dead, Bonnie Raitt and others along the way—died Dec.
2, 2019 at the age of 91. Raitt, Jackson Browne, Garth Brooks, Eagles, James Taylor and Mel Brooks were among the luminaries who paid tribute to Smith by word and song during the.
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