Dot Todman sings “Can’t Help Lovin That Man of Mine” at World Stage, Los Angeles

Singer/Songwriter Dot Todman, accompanied by the Legendary Howlett Smith.

Howlett Smith
Vocalist – Keyboardist – Accompanist –
Lyricist – Composer – Entertainer –
Recording Artist

"Smitty" has done it all !

Clubs, Movies, Radio, Broadway
Musicals, Cantatas, Touring, Special
Arrangements, Recording, Songwriting,
Vocal/Piano Coaching

Howlett Smith, affectionately known as
"Smitty" to colleagues and loyal fans,
was born in Phoenix, Arizona.
Blind from birth, he was educated at the
School for the Deaf and Blind in Tucson,
Arizona where he began studying music
at the age of 8. By the age of 14, he had
secured his first professional music gig
and hasn't stopped since…although he
did find time to obtain a degree as a
music major from the University of
Arizona.

His remarkable career has taken him
from clubs to movies, from radio to
Broadway musicals. While widely known
as a sterling pianist and vocalist, Smitty
is a prolific songwriter who has
composed hundreds of popular songs
which run the gamut from sensitive, to
romantic and to his ever popular,
comedic songs which include:
"Let's Go Where The Grass Is Greener"
"It's The Last Day Of Summer"
"Little Alter Boy"
"Shoes"
("I bought you the shoes you wakked out
on me in")
and, "Chittlin' In The White House,"
along with composing several Masses,
complete Musicals, and Cantatas. His
songs have been performed and
recorded by such noted artists as Nancy
Wilson, Andy Williams, Peggy Lee,
Glenn Campbell, Karen Carpenter,
Steve Lawrence and Edyie Gorme, and
Spanky Wilson. Jazz great, Barbara
Morrison's recent "Visit Me" CD includes
several of Smitty's songs:
"Visit Me"
"You"
and, "Is She Still On Your Mind"

Smitty's versatility encompasses an
even wider range of musical skills.
Aside form his most popular piano
playing, vocals and compositions; he is
equally adept as a vocal coach, choir
director, and whistler in two part
harmony in fact! Due to his eclectic
original material and vast repertoire…
and for his sensitive, meaningful and
comedic lyrics, the
LOS ANGELES MAGAZINE recognizes
Smitty as one of the 300 reasons to visit
L.A…!

His career performances included a two
year daily gig on the Arthur Godfrey
network radio show; a recurring role on
the daytime soap opera, GENERAL
HOSPITAL as The Howlett Smith Trio;
20 years as the featured performer at
Bob Burns Restaurant in Santa Monica,
California (until it's closure), and has
appeared at a plethora of other
California venues including:
Spazio's in Sherman Oaks, Loew's Santa
Monica Beach Hotel, Ritz-Carlton in
Marina del Rey, Charlie O's and the
famous Jazz Bakery in Culver City.
He was the musical director of the
Broadway hit musical, "Me and Bessie"
starring Ms. Linda Hopkins, and he
composed and produced the musical
"A Candle in the Dark" based on the
movie "A Patch Of Blue."