Sammi Smith

Sammi Smith / smɪθ / (* August 5, 1943 as Jewel Fay Smith in Orange, California, † 12 February 2005 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma) was an American country music singer who has seen her greatest success in the 1970s.

Life

Sammie Smith already increased with twelve years into the professional music business. At fifteen, she married for the first time. The marriage produced three children. She was discovered at one of her performances from bassist Johnny Cash Tennessee Three backing band, who advised her to go to Nashville.

Their first single she recorded in 1968. Two years later, it reached He's Everywhere the first time a leading position on the country charts. With the next song - Help Me Make It Through The Night, written by Kris Kristofferson - she managed one of the biggest country hits of all time. The single has sold more than two million copies and earned her a Grammy and numerous other awards.

The singer with the husky voice was in the early seventies as one of the most promising talents of Nashville. It succeeded Smith but not to build on their success. You produced some years average hits, including 1975 Today I Started Loving You Again, but never made ​​it to the top. In 1973 she left Nashville and the Outlaws joined by Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson, with whom she performed a few years together. 1972 their son Waylon Payne was born, the singer was also.

In the eighties, she campaigned for the rights of the Indians and adopted two Apache children. She founded the band Apache Spirit, but was denied the commercial success.

On February 12, 2005, she died at the age of 61 years in Oklahoma City.

Albums

• Country musician
• Country Singer
• Grammy winner
• American musician
• Born in 1943
• Died in 2005
• Woman