Hurricane Smith

Norman "Hurricane" Smith was a man who enjoyed two very different careers in music, first as a top recording engineer and later as a pop singer who scored Top Ten hits in the United States and the United Kingdom. Born in North London, England on February 22, 1923, Smith served in the Royal Air Force during World War II as a glider pilot. After the war, he began pursuing his interest in music, playing drums and piano with several trad jazz combos. Smith's career as a jazz musician never really took off, and in 1959, he took a position as an apprentice recording engineer at EMI'...