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Paul Tillman Smith’s father, GeorgeReplica Louis Vuitton Smith (Kansas City Smitty) played drums during the big band era with many well-known bands including Count Basie, Trummer Young and the Harlem Aces. He was also a mentor to singer Pearl Bailey‘s husband drummer Louie Bellson. At age fifteen at the urging of his mother Della, Paul began playing the piano. Dropped from piano lessons for not cutting his fingernails, he began to write simple three chord songs like the ones he would hear on the radio. This love has lasted a lifetime.
Paul has published over Louis Vuitton handbagseighty songs to date including the Pharaoh Sanders and Phyllis Hyman jazz pop classic “As You Are”, the Norman Connors and Jean Carne hit “Stella” featuring guitarist Lee Ritenour, and the tender love ballad “ Heavenly”, recorded by pianist Webster Lewis featuring saxophonist Benny Maupin with strings by Herbie Hancock and performed by the Boston Pop Symphony for nationally syndicated TV.
Paul’s album “Sharing” from his Gucci handbagsmiddle seventies Buddha Records recording group Vitamin E., produced by Norman Connors featured the Sly Stone, Frank Zappa vocalist Lady Bianca and saxophonist Jules Broussard’s vocalist David Gardener. “Sharing” the single from that album with a special guest vocal by Freddie Hughes and written by Paul, became a number one hit in over twelve cities across the nation. In the ninety’s, the Vitamin E. CD was reissued in Japan as a double CD also featuring vocalist Melba Moore’s biggest selling CD “This is It”. Paul’s CD “Crying for Love” was voted record of the year by Blues and Soul magazines in England in 2001.
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group “Bridge”. The CD was released by the U.K. record label “First Experience Records” and featured fourteen original songs by Paul with co-arrangements by Ronnie Laws keyboardist Michael “Spiderman” Robinson and vocals by former Motown recording artists Derrick Hughes and Debra Von Lewis. The European critic’s called the Bridge CD a rare brilliant American discovery. Paul is also reputed to be the first to record Sheila E., Rosie Gaines and Bonnie Boyer of Prince fame.
