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Connie Smith (born Constance June Meador; August 14, 1941) [1] [2] is an American country music singer and songwriter. Her contralto vocals have been described by music writers as significant and influential to the women of country music.
Constance Christine "Connie" Smith (born July 11, 1942 – disappeared July 16, 1952) was a 10-year-old American girl who disappeared after she ran away from her Connecticut YMCA summer camp on July 16, 1952, and was last seen hitchhiking. Her disappearance remains unsolved.
Connie Smith reached her peak commercial success recording for the RCA Victor label. Through 1972, she had 18 singles reach the top ten of the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart. She then moved to Columbia Records where she began recording more gospel music, along with country music. She continued having commercially-successful singles, yet most ...
Weldon Myrick (born Weldon Merle Myrick; April 10, 1938 – June 2, 2014) was an American steel guitar player. [1] Myrick was born in Jayton, Texas. His debut came in 1964, when he played on the #1 country hit "Once a Day" by Connie Smith. She would call Myrick "the guy who was responsible for creating the Connie Smith sound." [2]
Carl Milton Smith (March 15, 1927 – January 16, 2010) was an American country singer. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Known as "Mister Country", he was one of the genre's most successful male artists during the 1950s, scoring 30 top-10 Billboard hits (21 of which were consecutive).
It was Smith's highest-charting Billboard album since the release of 1973's God Is Abundant. [9] The album's title track was the only single included. It was first released as a single by Columbia in June 1974. [10] It became a top 20 single for Smith on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart, peaking at number 13 in August 1974. [11]
Connie Chiume, the veteran South African actress who starred in the 2018 Marvel movie “Black Panther,” has died aged 72. Her family confirmed her death at a Johannesburg hospital in a short ...
Smith also recorded three songs written by gospel singer and songwriter Dottie Rambo. Rambo often stopped over to Smith's house to pitch material for her to record. "Just to have her sit on my couch and play guitar and sing some with her great voice was awesome. She was one of the greatest songwriters that ever lived," recounted Smith. [4]