Connie Smith
Connie Smith ( born August 14, 1941 as Constance June Meador in Elkhart, Indiana ) is an American country music singer, who celebrated their biggest success in the 1960s. Their music is counted for Nashville Sound.
Connie Smith grew up in West Virginia and Ohio. As a teenager, she gained her first musical experiences as a caller in a square dance group. In the early 1960s she married and became a mother. In her spare time she still appeared at music events and in local radio. In one of their performances of country star Bill Anderson on the singing housewife was attentive.
Career
With the assistance of Anderson came in 1964, a contract with RCA about. Already their first single, Once A Day, made it to the top of the country charts. The value written by her mentor especially for her song spent several weeks at number one and was one of the hits of the year 1964. Their next singles Then and Only Then, I Can not Remember and If I Talk to Him could be all in the top -10 place. In just a few months it had managed the newcomer to the top. It was first awards, including the 1964 " Most Promising Singer" Award of Billboard magazine.
Their winning streak continued in the following years. Virtually every single could place at the top of the country charts. 1968 Connie Smith suffered a breakdown. The numerous television and radio appearances, press events and concerts took their toll. In his own words helped her only her Christian faith to get you through the life crisis. The only way out was to reduce the volume of work dramatically. Nevertheless, they continued to deliver year after year top 10 hits. In 1971 she made her debut at the Grand Ole Opry.
From 1972, she turned increasingly to gospel music. She was supported by her third husband, the famous preacher Marshall Haynes. The charts successes were rare, although it was still present several times in the top 20. Only after a change to the Monument label in 1977, their charts career tended finally to an end. Your last top 100 placing it in 1985 with A Far Cry From You. But your concert appearances were still in demand and she was a member of the Grand Ole Opry. In 1997 she married the seventeen -years-younger country star Marty Stuart, who produced her comeback album in 1998.