Joseph Benjamin Smith (January 26, 1928 – December 2, 2019) was an American music industry executive.
Smith joined the United States Army after graduating high school in 1945 and served with the occupation forces in Okinawa.
After graduation, he became a sportscaster and later a DJ at WMEX and WBZ in Boston.
[5] Smith briefly served as president of the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences in 1986.
He became vice chairman and chief executive of Capitol-EMI that same year.