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|  Sujet: CARL SMITH Ven 11 Juil 2008, 18:03 | |
| CARL SMITH
Né le 15 mars 1927 à Maynardsville au Tennessee. Adolescent il apprend la guitare et se produit sur les ondes de la station radiographique WROL de Knoxville.
Après son temps dans la Navy, il entame une carrière de country singer et travaille de nouveau à Knoxville et sur différentes stations ce qui, sa notoriétégrandissant, les conduira au Grand Ole Opry de Nashville, en 1950. Un contrat chez Columbia lui donnera son premier hit en 1951, le best-seller « Let’s live a little » (Columbia 20796) suivi la même année de « If Teardrops were Pennies » (aux paroles romantiques !).
Il fut le premier mari de June Carter, qu'il épousa le 9 juillet 1952 et avec qui il enregistra la chanson pour laquelle il est peut-être le plus connu, le duo « Times A-Wastin ». Smith et Carter divorcèrent en 1956. Après ce divorce, Carl Smith épousa la chanteuse country Goldie Hill, avec qui il fut marié jusqu'au décès de cette dernière, en 2005. Quant à June Carter, elle épousa Johnny Cash, aussi ancien compagnon de beuverie de Smith.
Promu vedette du Country and Western il remportera une dizaine de gros succès jusqu’en 1959 dont l’entraînant « Loose talk » (Columbia 21317) en 1954), un classique qui sera repris par Hank Snow. Vedette de la télévision et du cinéma, il quittera Columbia en 1974 pour rejoindre le label Hickory, après avoir vendu près de quinze millions de disques.
Vivant dans son ranch du Tennessee, tel un véritable cow-boy aux traits burinés et vocaliste d’envergure, continue d’enregistrer avec bonheur, de la bonne country song sans prétention. Son album « Silver Tongued Cowboy » enregistré à Nashville en 1978 avec Lloyd Green à la steel contient encore de bons titres après vingt-huit années de carrière dont l’émouvant « May you never be alone » de Hank Williams ainsi que « Pinball Machine » et « Silver Tongued Cowboy », de belles pièces de Country Music actuelle qui conserve néanmoins de solides attaches avec le classicisme des années cinquante. (Hickory HB-44015)
Carl Smith, un Cow boy fidèle à lui-même et qui réussit à ne pas se démoder grâce à ses ballades tranquilles dont la beauté ne veut pas dire son âge, LP US Columbia : « Sunday down South » (CL 959) / « Smith’s the lame (CL 1022) / « Fade love and winter roses » (CL 10112H) et Gusto « Greatest Hits vol.I » (GT 0058). Notons enfin que Carl s’est essayé au Bluegrass le temps d’un album Columbia « Carl Smith Sings Bluegrass » dans lequel il reprend plusieurs chansons de Bill Monroe dont « Footprints in the Snow » et « Blue moon of Kentucky ». Sa période Columbia 1951/1955 est disponible en partie sur le Columbia US FC 38906 dans la belle série Columbia Historic Edition. Enfin son intéresante version de « Cut Across Shorty » enregistrée en 1960 fut réédité sur l’album « Rockabilly Stars » Vol.I (US double Epic EG 37618).
Carl Smith a pris sa retraite en 1979. Il a été intronisé au Temple de la renommée de la musique country en 2003.English Biography
by Stephen Thomas Erlewine
Known as Mr. Country, Carl Smith was one of the most popular honky tonkers of the '50s, racking up over 30 Top Ten hits over the course of the decade. Smith was also able to sustain that popularity into the late '70s, during which time he had a charting single for every year except one. Smith had a talent for singing smooth ballads which polished the rough edges of hardcore country. Nevertheless, he could sing pure honky tonk with the best of them, and his hardest country was made tougher by the addition of a drum kit. Smith was one of the very first country artists to regularly perform with a drummer, and though it earned him criticism at the time, the hard-driving sound of those up-tempo numbers proved to be influential. Smith also occasionally dabbled in Western swing, and as he continued to record, he delved deeper into the genre. Since he specialized in honky tonk ballads and Western swing, Smith rarely crossed over into the pop audience. Still, he was one of the most popular and best-known country singers of his era, recording several classics — including "Let's Live a Little," "Let Old Mother Nature Have Her Way," "This Orchard Means Goodbye," "Cut Across Shorty," "Loose Talk," "(When You Feel Like You're in Love) Don't Just Stand There," and "Hey Joe!" — appearing in a handful of movies, and hosting his own television show. By the time he retired in the early '80s, he had hit the country charts nearly 100 times.
Smith was born and raised in Maynardsville, TN, which was also the hometown of Roy Acuff. As a child, Smith idolized Acuff, Ernest Tubb, and Bill Monroe. When he was a teenager, he taught himself how to play guitar. According to legend, he bought his first guitar with money he earned by selling flower seeds. At the age of 15, he was singing in the San Francisco-based country band Kitty Dibble and Her Dude Ranch Ranglers. Two years later, he learned to play string bass and spent his summer vacation working at WROL, a radio station in Knoxville. After Smith finished high school, he briefly served in the U.S. Navy before heading back home.
Once he returned to Tennessee, he continued to perform at WROL, usually playing bass for Skeets Williamson and Molly O'Day. Eventually, he began singing as well, and one of his colleagues at the station sent an acetate of Smith's singing to WSM in Nashville. WSM signed Smith to a contract, and he began working for the station and singing at the Grand Ole Opry. By 1950, Columbia Records signed Smith to a recording contract. His first hit, "Let's Live a Little," arrived in 1951, climbing all the way to number two. Over the course of the year, he racked up no less than three other hits, including the classic "If Teardrops Were Pennies" and his first number one single, "Let Old Mother Nature Have Her Way." Also that year, he married June Carter, the daughter of Maybelle Carter; the two would later divorce, yet they had a daughter named Carlene that would become a musician in her own right during the '70s.
Throughout the '50s, Smith was a consistent presence in the country charts, racking up no less than 31 Top Ten singles during the course of the decade. In addition to recording, he began appearing in Western movies, like 1957's The Badge of Marshal Brennan. In 1956, he resigned from the Grand Ole Opry and joined a package tour organized by Phillip Morris. In 1957, he married country singer Goldie Hill, best-known for the number one hit "I Let the Stars Get in My Eyes."
As the '50s ended, Smith was no longer as dominant in the upper reaches of the country charts as he was earlier in the decade, but he never stopped having hits. During the '60s, he consistently charted in the Top 40, which was indicative of his status as a country music statesman. In 1961, he appeared on ABC's country television series, Four Star Jubilee, and a few years later, he began hosting Carl Smith's Country Music Hall for Canadian television; the series also was syndicated in America. Throughout the '60s and early '70s, he began to incorporate more Western swing into his repertoire, especially on his albums. Smith continued to release albums and singles on Columbia Records until 1975, when he signed with Hickory. After having a handful of minor hits for the label — including several that were released on ABC/Hickory — he decided to retire in the late '70s.
Though he recorded an album of his greatest hits in the early '80s, Smith retreated from the spotlight after his 1979 retirement. He and his wife, Goldie, lived on their horse farm outside of Franklin, TN, and the two began to show horses professionally during the course of the decade.   https://www.facebook.com/birdie.rockin
Dernière édition par Admin BIRDIE le Ven 11 Juil 2008, 18:11, édité 1 fois | |
| | | | BIRDY
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Nombre de messages : 41735
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| | | | | BIRDY
ADMINISTRATRICE
Nombre de messages : 41735
Date de naissance : 05/12/1964
Age : 59
Localisation : Aux portes des Monts d'Arées
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Date d'inscription : 10/03/2006
| | | | | BIRDY
ADMINISTRATRICE
Nombre de messages : 41735
Date de naissance : 05/12/1964
Age : 59
Localisation : Aux portes des Monts d'Arées
emploi : Forumeuse
Date d'inscription : 10/03/2006
| | | | | BIRDY
ADMINISTRATRICE
Nombre de messages : 41735
Date de naissance : 05/12/1964
Age : 59
Localisation : Aux portes des Monts d'Arées
emploi : Forumeuse
Date d'inscription : 10/03/2006
| | | | | BIRDY
ADMINISTRATRICE
Nombre de messages : 41735
Date de naissance : 05/12/1964
Age : 59
Localisation : Aux portes des Monts d'Arées
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Date d'inscription : 10/03/2006
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Nombre de messages : 41735
Date de naissance : 05/12/1964
Age : 59
Localisation : Aux portes des Monts d'Arées
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Date d'inscription : 10/03/2006
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Nombre de messages : 41735
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Date d'inscription : 10/03/2006
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Nombre de messages : 41735
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Date d'inscription : 10/03/2006
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| | Sujet: Re: CARL SMITH Ven 11 Juil 2008, 18:15 | |
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ADMINISTRATRICE
Nombre de messages : 41735
Date de naissance : 05/12/1964
Age : 59
Localisation : Aux portes des Monts d'Arées
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Date d'inscription : 10/03/2006
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ADMINISTRATRICE
Nombre de messages : 41735
Date de naissance : 05/12/1964
Age : 59
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Date d'inscription : 10/03/2006
| | | | | BIRDY
ADMINISTRATRICE
Nombre de messages : 41735
Date de naissance : 05/12/1964
Age : 59
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Date d'inscription : 10/03/2006
| | Sujet: Re: CARL SMITH Ven 11 Juil 2008, 18:20 | |
| Original Releases Discography is not intended to be complete | Date & Source | Label & Number | V | Titles {& References to LP/CD List} | As By | Matrix Numbers | 1954/July 3
Bb c&w rev. | Columbia 4-21266 |  |    Go, Boy Go {a,c,d,g,h}
 If You Saw Her Through My Eyes (You'd See Her Differently) | 1
1 | ZSP 32117
ZSP 32118 | 1959/Oct. 5
Bb pop rev. | Columbia 4-41489 | |  I'll Walk With You (All The Way)
Tomorrow Night | 1
1 | ZSP 48262
ZSP 48263 | 1960/Apr. 11
Bb c&w rev. | Columbia 4-41642 | | Cut Across Shorty {b,f,i}
Why Did You Come My Way | 1
1 | JZSP 49901
JZSP 49900 | 1960/July 11
Bb pop rev. | Columbia 4-41729 | | If The World Don't End Tomorrow I'm Comin' After You
Lonely Old Room | 1
1 | ZSP 50926
ZSP 50927 |
| Columbia S7 30848 | |  Cut Across Shorty
I'm Not In Her Plans Anymore | 1
1 | ZSM 51873 JB
ZSM 51872 JB | | Additional Tracks on Comps |
| [unissued] | | Go, Boy, Go [alt. vers.] {e} | | |
References in "As By" Column:
- as by Carl Smith
Other Notes:
Collector-Oriented Compilation LPs and CDs Containing Tracks Single-artist compilations not included | a. | Blazon 2002 (cd) | Sizzling Hillbilly, Vol. 2 | | b. | CBS Special Products A 37618 (cd) | Rockabilly Stars, Vol. 1 | | c. | Cat 1034 (cd) | Calling All Rock 'N' Roll Collectors, Vol. 2 | | d. | Chief CCD 1156512 [1st] (cd) | Ultra Rare Rockabilly's, Vol. 12 | | e. | Cotton Town Jubilee CTJCD 4 (cd) | Honky Tonk Rockabillies, Vol. 2 | | f. | Epic EG 37618 (lp) | Rockabilly Stars | | g. | Franklin Mint FMRS-CW- 053 (lp) | Rockabilly | | h. | Proper PROPERBOX 103 (cd) | From Boppin' Hillbilly To Red Hot Rockabilly | | i. | Sony Music Special Prod. WK 75064 (cd) | Rockabilly Stars, Vol. 1 |
Source : http://rcs.law.emory.edu/rcs/artists/s/smit2200.htm https://www.facebook.com/birdie.rockin | |
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