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Jim B. Smith was the radio operator aboard the B-29, The Boomerang, in W.W. II. J.B., as he was known to many, was aboard the little-known last mission that ended and padlocked W.W.II 6 days after the Atomic bombs. Smith wrote The Last Mission book, published by Doubleday/Random House and featured on The History Channel. After the war and a year in the University of Texas, Jim signed up with a top Hollywood school of music/drama training under the GI Bill. Smith was tabbed to do a lead in BATTLE SCENE, one of the first films ever produced for television. He became a member of The Screen Actor's Guild in1950 after a role in Jet Pilot, a John Wayne. Movie. He went on to perform 60 Hallmark Hall of Fame, and Matinee Theater live network shows along with movie and television appearances. As a side bar, he coached Jon Voight for the part of Joe Buck in Midnight Cowboy. Jim Smith was also featured in the Tiparillo commercials (Should a Gentleman Offer a Lady a Tiparillo) for 5 years. He was a Jack Webb regular in Dragnet, Adam XII, Emergency and O'Hara US Treasury. Smith has signed an option to get The Last Mission on the Big Screen. Jim B. Smith is a member of ASCAP and has composed a number of songs for the movie. After all this-- J B, as his friends call him, is heart and soul into the straight ahead vintage Standard Americana songs of yesterday. His hobby is chording his very old Martin Flattop and singing along, Check out the artist's website: http://pweb.netcom.com/~jb29miss Track List: 1. If I Had My Way 2. Ain't Nuthin' New 3. Down In The Valley 4. Morning's Chasin' Shadows 5. Empty Chair 6. Don't Tell Me Goodbye 7. Bring Back The Beginning 8. Little Shoes 9. I've Been There 10. I've Been There (alt.) 11. This Silent Love 12. How Long Does It Take 13. After You've Gone 14. I Ain't Got Nobody 15. Ida 16. Home On The Range 17. By The Moonlight 18. Somebody Stole My Gal 19. Red River Valley 20. Old Rugged Cross 21. You Tell Me Your Dreams 22. A Long Long Trail Of Winding 23. In The Sweet By And By Other Genres:
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