Connie
Smith (born August 14, 1941) is an American country music artist. Active since
1964, Smith is widely considered to be one of the genre's best female
vocalists. She has earned 11 Grammy award nominations, 20 top ten Billboard country
singles, and 31 charting albums, three of which have hit number one. On October
21, 2012, Smith became the 12th solo female vocalist and 19th woman to be
elected to the Country Music Hall of Fame.
Smith
was born Constance Meadows on August 14, 1941, in Elkhart, Indiana, but spent
her early life first in West Virginia and later in Ohio. She married and became
a housewife in the early '60s, singing occasionally on local TV shows around
her home in Marietta, Ohio. She was singing near Columbus in August 1963 when
country star Bill Anderson heard her and offered his help in getting a
contract. She signed to RCA after a few months and recorded several selections
in July 1964 with Chet Atkins at the helm. "Once a Day" -- written
especially for her by Anderson -- was released as a single in September and hit
the top of the country charts, reigning as number one for eight weeks.
Smith's
follow-up, "Then and Only Then," hit number four (even the flip side
reached the Top 25), and her Top Ten streak continued unabated until late 1968,
including the big hits "If I Talk to Him," "Ain't Had No
Lovin'," and "The Hurtin's All Over." Meanwhile, her success
began to take a toll; constant appearances on the road, in films, and on The
Lawrence Welk Show caused Smith to reconsider her path in the music industry
and devote herself to family and religion. Though she didn't quit music
entirely, she began to balance chart success with a lighter schedule.
Though
her country hits were rarer than in her mid-'60s heyday, Smith still managed
the Top Tens "You and Your Sweet Love" in 1969, "I Never Once
Stopped Loving You" the following year, and "Just One Time" in
1971. Her most successful year during the '70s was 1972. She recorded three big
hits: the number five "Just What I Am," the number seven "If It
Ain't Love (Let's Leave It Alone)," and the number eight "Love Is the
Look You're Looking For."
By
1972, Smith began to incorporate more gospel into her act. With the help of her
third husband, evangelist Marshall Haynes, she turned her live show into a
traveling gospel road show and signed with Columbia, which permitted her to
record more straight gospel songs. Though the material didn't score as well on
the charts as her secular singles had, she managed to stay in the Top 20 during
much of the '70s.
After
she signed with Monument in 1977, most of her singles dropped out of the Top
40. Though she has not been a commercial force since the '70s, Smith continues
to perform with the Grand Ole Opry and in 1998 returned with her first LP in
many years, a self-titled effort issued on Warner Bros. The album garnered
critical accolades, and Smith next returned with Love Never Fails, a
collaborative gospel album recorded with Barbara Fairchild and Sharon White and
released by Daywind Records in 2003.
It would be almost eight years before
Smith's next studio offering, the Marty Stuart-produced Long Line of Heartaches
(Smith and Stuart have been husband and wife since 1997), which appeared from
Sugar Hill Records in 2011. (Info
mainly by John Bush @ All Music)
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For Connie Smith - 1965-1966 go here:
http://turbobit.net/fm7bxtfo9100.html
1. Nobody But A Fool (Would Love You) (2:29)
2. I'll Nover Get Over Loving You (2:42)
3. Go Ahead And Make Me Cry (2:51)
4. In My Baby's Arms Again (2:33)
5. For Better Or For Worse (2:39)
6. Ain't Nothin' Shakin' (But The Leaves) (1:57)
7. Where Could I Go But To The Lord (2:22)
8. Farther Along (2:54)
9. When God Dips His Love In My Heart (2:28)
10. He Set Me Free (2:16)
11. Wings Of A Dove (2:00)
12. I Saw A Man (2:49)
13. Just A Closer Walk With Thee (2:46)
14. Po' Folks (2:34)
15. Four Walls (3:57)
16. Cry, Cry, Cry (2:35)
17. In The Garden (2:49)
18. The Wayfarin' Pilgrim (3:25)
19. Keep On Holding To These Nail Scarred Hands (2:30)
20. Satisfied (2:21)
21. I Wouldn't Take Nothin' For My Journey (1:56)
22. Five Fingers To Spare (2:22)
23. Ain't Had No Lovin' (2:21)
24. You And Only You (2:27)
25. Strange (2:14)
26. Go Away Stranger (2:55)
27. A Touch Of Yesterday (2:14)
28. Born To Sing (2:10)
29. Invisible Tears (2:21)
30. Paper Roses (2:26)
31. I Don't Know Why I Keep Loving You (2:35)
Thank you Bob Connie is one of the best
Not a new link for the warped CD but three LPs that contain all the tracks. Link thanks to worker @ RockHall
https://workupload.com/start/SkRt4ey985y
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