CARL SMITH

CARL SMITH

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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.

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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.

DISCOGRAPHIE
singles

06/1950	SP COLUMBIA 20712 (US)	Guilty Conscience / Washing My Tears In Dreams
10/1950	SP COLUMBIA 20741 (US)	I Overlooked An Orchid / I Betcha My Heart I Love You
01/1951	SP COLUMBIA 20765 (US)	This Side Of Heaven / I Won't Be At Home
03/1951	SP COLUMBIA 4-20796 (US)	Let's Live A Little / There's Nothing As Sweet As My Baby
06/1951	SP COLUMBIA 4-20825 (US)	If Teardrops Were Pennies / Mr Moon
09/1951	SP COLUMBIA 4-20862 (US)	Let Old Mother Nature Have Her Way / Me And Broken Heart
01/1952	SP COLUMBIA 4-20893 (US)	Don't Just Stand There / Little Girl In My Home Town
03/1952	SP COLUMBIA 4-20922 (US)	Are You Teasing Me / It's A Lovely Lovely World
05/1952	SP COLUMBIA 4-20942 (US)	Don't Just Stand There / It's A Lovely Lovely World
07/1952	SP COLUMBIA 4-20986 (US)	Amazing Grace (with The CARTER SISTERS) / Softly And Tenderly (with The CARTER SISTERS)
09/1952	SP COLUMBIA 4-21008 (US)	Our Honeymoon / Sing Her A Love Song
11/1952	SP COLUMBIA 4-21040 (US)	Gethsemene (with The CARTER SISTERS) / Blood That Stained The Old Rigged Cross (with The CARTER SISTERS)
01/1953	SP COLUMBIA 4-21051 (US)	That's The Kind Of Love I'm Looking For / My Lonely Heart's Running Wild
03/1953	SP COLUMBIA 4-21087 (US)	This Orchid Means Goodbye / Just Wait Till I Get You Alone
05/1953	SP COLUMBIA 4-21110 (US)	Nail Scarred Hand / We Shall Meet Some Day
06/1953	SP COLUMBIA 4-21119 (US)	Trademark / Do I Like It
07/1953	SP COLUMBIA 4-21129 (US)	Hey Joe / Darling Am I The One
10/1953	SP COLUMBIA 4-21166 (US)	Satisfaction Guaranteed / Who'll Buy My Heartaches
12/1953	SP COLUMBIA 4-21192 (US)	I'll Be Listening (with The CARTER SISTERS) / How About You (with The CARTER SISTERS)
01/1954	SP COLUMBIA 4-21197 (US)	Doggone It Baby I'm In Love / What Am I Going To Do
03/1954	SP COLUMBIA 4-21226 (US)	Back Up Buddy / You Tried As Hard To Love Me
03/1954	SP COLUMBIA 4-21233 (US)	Love Oh Crazy Love (with The CARTER SISTERS) / Time's A Wastin' (with The CARTER SISTERS)

07/1954	SP COLUMBIA 4-21266 (US)	Go, Boy, Go / If You Saw Her Through My Eyes
08/1954	SP COLUMBIA 4-52001 (US)	Hey Joe / Trademark
09/1954	SP COLUMBIA 4-21317 (US)	More Than Anything Else In The World / Loose Talk
1954	SP COLUMBIA 4-52017 (US)	Let Old Mother Nature Have Her Way / Me And My Broken Heart
1954	SP COLUMBIA 4-52018 (US)	Let's Live A Little / There's Nothing As Sweet As My Baby
01/1955	SP COLUMBIA 4-21340 (US)	Kisses Don't Lie / No I Don't Believe I Will
1955	SP COLUMBIA 4-52030 (US)	Loose Talk / Are You Teasing Me
03/1955	SP COLUMBIA 4-21368 (US)	Wait A Little Longer Please Jesus / Works Of The Lord
04/1955	SP COLUMBIA 4-21382 (US)	There She Goes / Old Lonesome Times
04/1955	SP COLUMBIA 4-21386 (US)	Oh Stop (1) / There's A Bottle Where She Used To Be (1)
06/1955	SP COLUMBIA 4-21411 (US)	I Just Don't Care Anymore (1) / Baby I'm Ready (1)
08/1955	SP COLUMBIA 4-21429 (US)	Don't Tease Me / I Just Dropped To Say Goodbye
10/1955	SP COLUMBIA 4-21462 (US)	You're Free To Go / I Feel Like Cryin'
12/1955	SP COLUMBIA 4-21485 (US)	Outlaw (1) / Snowdeer (1)
12/1955	SP COLUMBIA 4-21493 (US)	I've Changed / If You Do Dear
03/1956	SP COLUMBIA 4-21507 (US)	Answers / My Dream Of The Old Rugged Cross
06/1956	SP COLUMBIA 4-21522 (US)	You Are The One / Doorstep To Heaven
195?	SP COLUMBIA 4-54027 (US)	Gethsemane / Blood That Stained The Old Rugged Cross
195?	SP COLUMBIA 4-54031 (US)	Nail Scarred Hand / We Shall Meet Some Day
09/1956	SP COLUMBIA 4-21552 (US)	Before I Met You / Wicked Lies
11/1956	SP COLUMBIA 4-40760 (US)	You Are My Sunshine (with Rosemary CLOONEY) / + Rosemary CLOONEY

01/1957	SP COLUMBIA 4-40823 (US)	You Can't Hurt Me Anymore / That's The Way I Like You Best
01/1957	EP COLUMBIA B-2131 (US)	FOUR HITS
04/1957	SP COLUMBIA 4-40918-c (US)	Try To Take It Like A Man / Mr Lost
07/1957	SP COLUMBIA 4-40970-c (US)	Mo Trespassing / Happy Street
08/1957	SP COLUMBIA 4-40984-c (US)	Emotions / Why, Why
1957	EP COLUMBIA B-2801 (US)	Let Old Mother Nature Have Her Way / Me And My Broken Heart / If Teardrops Were Pennies / I Overlooked An Orchid
1957	EP COLUMBIA B-9591 (US)	SUNDAY DOWN SOUTH
1957	EP COLUMBIA B-10221 (US)	SMITH'S THE NAME VOL. 1
1957	EP COLUMBIA B-10222 (US)	SMITH'S THE NAME VOL. 2
1957	EP COLUMBIA B-10223 (US)	SMITH'S THE NAME VOL. 3
01/1958	SP COLUMBIA 4-41092 (US)	Your Name Is Beautiful / You're So Easy To Love
05/1958	SP COLUMBIA 4-41170 (US)	Goodnight Mr Sun / Guess I've Been Around Too Long
09/1958	SP COLUMBIA 4-41243 (US)	Walking The Slow Walk / Love Was Born
12/1958	SP COLUMBIA 4-41290 (US)	Best Years Of Your Life / Mr Moon
1958	EP COLUMBIA B-2821 (US)	CARL SMITH
1958	EP COLUMBIA B-11721 (US)	LET'S LIVE A LITTLE
03/1959	SP COLUMBIA 4-41344 (US)	It's All My Heartaches / I'll Kiss The Past Goodbye
07/1959	SP COLUMBIA 4-41417 (US)	Ten Thousand Drums / Tall Tall Gentleman
10/1959	SP COLUMBIA 4-41489 (US)	I'll Walk With You / Tomorrow Night
01/1960	SP COLUMBIA 4-41557 (US)	Make The Waterwheel Roll / Past
04/1960	SP COLUMBIA 4-41642 (US)	Cut Across Shorty / Why Did You Come My Way
1960	SP COLUMBIA S7-30848 (US)	Cut Across Shorty / I'm Not In Her Plans Anymore (stereo single)
07/1960	SP COLUMBIA 4-41729 (US)	If The World Don't End Tomorrow I'm Comin' After You / Lonely Old Room
1960	SP COLUMBIA S7-30850 (US)	Little White House / Here We Are Again (stereo single)

10/1960	SP COLUMBIA 4-41819 (US)	You Make Me Live Again / I Don't Hurt Now (As Much As I Used To)
02/1961	SP COLUMBIA 4-41948 (US)	More Habit Than Desire / Are You True To Me
06/1961	SP COLUMBIA 4-42042 (US)	Kisses Never Lie / Why Can't You Be Satisfied With Me
11/1961	SP COLUMBIA 4-42222 (US)	Air Mail To Heaven / Things That Mean The Most
03/1962	SP COLUMBIA 4-42349 (US)	Best Dressed Beggar (In Town) / I Used To Be
07/1962	SP COLUMBIA 4-42490 (US)	Gettin' Even / I Volunteer
11/1962	SP COLUMBIA 4-42610 (US)	If I Had You (I'd Live For You Only) / Pain A Pill Can't Locate
01/1963	SP COLUMBIA 4-42686 (US)	Live For Tomorrow / Let's Talk This Thing Over
04/1963	SP COLUMBIA 4-42768 (US)	In The Back Room Tonight / Take My Love With You Too
1963	SP COLUMBIA 4-33052 (US)	Hey Joe / Loose Talk
08/1963	SP COLUMBIA 4-42858 (US)	I Almost Forgot Her Today / Triangle
12/1963	SP COLUMBIA 4-42949 (US)	Sweet Little Country Girl / Pillow That Whispers
04/1964	SP COLUMBIA 4-43033 (US)	Take My Ring Off Of Your Finger / Ballad Of Hershel Lawson
08/1964	SP COLUMBIA 4-43124 (US)	Lonely Girl / When It's Over
01/1965	SP COLUMBIA 4-43200 (US)	(All My Friends Are Gonna Be) Strangers / She Called Me Baby
05/1965	SP COLUMBIA 4-43266 (US)	Be Good To Her / Keep Me Fooled
09/1965	SP COLUMBIA 4-43361 (US)	Let's Walk Away Strangers / Ain't Love A Hurting Thing
01/1966	SP COLUMBIA 4-43485 (US)	Why I Can't You Feel Sorry For Me / Why Do I Keep Doing This To Us
05/1966	SP COLUMBIA 4-43599 (US)	(Is My) Ring On Your Finger / Sweet Temptations
08/1966	SP COLUMBIA 4-43753 (US)	Man With A Plan / Your Mean Ol' Moon
12/1966	SP COLUMBIA 4-43866 (US)	It's Only A Matter Of Time / You Better Be Better To Me
03/1967	SP COLUMBIA 4-44034 (US)	Mighty Day / I Should Get Away A While (From You)
07/1967	SP COLUMBIA 4-44233 (US)	Deep Water / I Really Don't Want To Know
12/1967	SP COLUMBIA 4-44396 (US)	Foggy River / When Will The Rainbow Follow The Rain

04/1968	SP COLUMBIA 4-44486 (US)	You Ought To Hear Me Cry / I Used Up My Last Chance Last Night
08/1968	SP COLUMBIA 4-44620 (US)	There's No More Love / (Remember Me) I'm The One Who Loves You
12/1968	SP COLUMBIA 4-44702 (US)	Faded Love And Winter Roses / Until I Looked At You
04/1969	SP COLUMBIA 4-44816 (US)	Good Deal Lucille / Never Gonna Cry No More
05/1969	SP COLUMBIA 4-33150 (US)	Deep Water / Foggy River
07/1969	SP COLUMBIA 4-44939 (US)	I Love You Because / Mister Come And Get Your Wife
11/1969	SP COLUMBIA 4-45031 (US)	It's Nice To See You Once Again / Heartbreak Avenue
02/1970	SP COLUMBIA 4-45086 (US)	Pull My String And Wind Me Up / It's All Right
06/1970	SP COLUMBIA 4-45177 (US)	Pick Me Up On Your Way Down / Bonaparte's Retreat
09/1970	SP COLUMBIA 4-45225 (US)	Little Drop Of Cotton Tops / How I Love Them Old Songs
1970	SP COLUMBIA 4-33175 (US)	I Love You Because / Good Deal Lucille
11/1970	SP COLUMBIA 4-45262 (US)	My Mother's Eyes / Big Murphy
01/1971	SP COLUMBIA 4-45293 (US)	Don't Worry Bout The Mule (Just Load The Wagon) / Darling Days
04/1971	SP COLUMBIA 4-45382 (US)	I'm Wound Up Tight / Lost It On The Road
08/1971	SP COLUMBIA 4-45436 (US)	Red Door / You Walked In My Sleep Last Night
11/1971	SP COLUMBIA 4-45497 (US)	Don't Say You're Mine / Country Soul Man
04/1972	SP COLUMBIA 4-45558 (US)	Mama Bear / Before My Time
07/1972	SP COLUMBIA 4-45648 (US)	If This Is Goodbye / If You Saw Her (Through My Eyes)
04/1973	SP COLUMBIA 4-45832 (US)	When You're Gone (There'll Be Nothing Left) / What A Difference Your Love Would Make
08/1973	SP COLUMBIA 4-45923 (US)	I Need Help / Yesterday Is Gone
08/1974	SP HICKORY H-329 (US)	Dreaming Again / I Ain't Getting Nowhere
12/1974	SP HICKORY H-337 (US)	Way I Lose My Mind / Happy Birthday My Darling
05/1975	SP HICKORY H-347 (US)	Lost Highway / Everything I Touch Turns To Sugar
08/1975	SP HICKORY H-352 (US)	Girl I Love / Me And My Broken Heart
11/1975	SP HICKORY H-357 (US)	Roly Poly / Remembered By Someone
01/1976	SP HICKORY H-363 (US)	She Is / I Can't Go On Like This

04/1976	SP HICKORY H-371 (US)	If You Don't Somebody Else Will / It's Gonna Be One
11/1976	SP HICKORY AH-54004 (US)	Way With Words / Till I Stop Meeting You
03/1977	SP HICKORY AH-54009 (US)	Show Me A Brick Wall / It's Teardrop Time
08/1977	SP HICKORY AH-54016 (US)	This Kinda Love / There Stands The Glass
01/1978	SP HICKORY AH-54022 (US)	This Lady Loving Me / Loose Talk
05/1978	SP HICKORY AH-54030 (US)	It Takes Four Feet / Remembered By Someone
09/1978	SP HICKORY AH-54037 (US)	Silver Tongued Cowboy / I Can't Get The Last Memory Down
1978	SP GUSTO GT4-2049 (US)	I Overlooked An Orchid / Hey Joe
1983	SP GUSTO GT4-2198 (US)	Don't Just Stand There / If Teardrops Were Pennies

Albums

1953	LP 10" COLUMBIA HL 9023S (US)	SENTIMENTAL SONGS - I Overlooked An Orchid / Mr Moon / Let's Live A Little / Don't Just Stand There / Let Old Mother Nature Have Her Way / Are You Teasing Me / It's A Lovely Lovely World / Our Honeymoon
1954	LP 10" COLUMBIA HL 9026S (US)	SOFTLY AND TENDERLY - (1) - Nail Scarred Hand / We Shall Meet Someday / How About You / Blood That Stained The Old Rugged Cross / Gethsemane / Softly And Tenderly / Amazing Grace / I'll Be Listening
1955	LP 12" COLUMBIA CL 2579 (US)	CARL SMITH - I Feel Like Cryin' / There She Goes / Loose Talk / Trademark / Satisfaction Guaranteed / Sing Her A Love Song
1957	LP 12" COLUMBIA CL 959 (US)	SUNDAY DOWN SOUTH - This World Is Not My Home / Pass Me Not / When The Roll Is Called Up Yonder / Wait A Little Longer Please Jesus / Standing On The Promises / Works Of The Lord / Gloryland Way / When They Ring Those Golden Bells / Answers / Anywhere Is Home / I Dreamed Of The Old Rugged Cross / Old Camp Meetin' Times
1957	LP 12" COLUMBIA CL 1022 (US)	SMITH'S THE NAME - San Antonio Rose / Time Changes Everything / Lovin' Is Livin' / Oh No / If I Could Hold Back The Dawn / That's What You Think / Live And Let Live / If You Want It I've Got It / Please Come Back Home / Look What Thought Done To Me / House That Love Built / Come Back To Me
1958	LP 12" COLUMBIA CL 1172 (US)	LET'S LIVE A LITTLE - Let's Live A Little / Mr Moon / Night Train To Memphis / Slowly / Hang Your Head In Shame / Best Years Of Your Life / If Teardrops Were Pennies / More And More / Sweet Little Miss Blue Eyes / Honky Tonk Man / I Love You A Thousand Ways / I Overlooked An Orchid
1960	LP 12" COLUMBIA CS 8332 (US)	THE CARL SMITH TOUCH - I'm Not In Her Plans Anymore / I Could Never Hurt You Like This / Cut Across Shorty / Empty Hours / I'd Go Through It All Again / Little White House / Here We Are Again / Why Did You Come My Way / I Won't Turn The Other Cheek Again / Heart Of A Fool / What A Way To Live / Past
1962	LP 12" COLUMBIA CS 8540 (US)	EASY TO PLEASE - Love While You Can / Blue Love / We Live In Two Different Worlds / Don't That Moon Look Lonesome / Easy To Please / Will You Be Satisfied That Way / Walk On The Wild Side Of Life / After The Boy Gets The Girl / No One Will Ever Know / Thoughts Of A Fool / Greener Pastures / Sweet Lips
1963	LP 12" COLUMBIA CS 8737 (US)	CARL SMITH'S GREATEST HITS - Hey Joe / There She Goes / Old Lonesome Times / Are You Teasing Me / I Feel Like Cryin' / Doorstep To Heaven / Let Old Mother Nature Have Her Way / Little Girl In My Hometown / If You Saw Her Through My Eyes / You're Free To Go / Gettin' Even / I Overlooked An Orchid
1963	LP 12" COLUMBIA CS 8891 (US)	THE TALL TALL GENTLEMAN - Back Up Buddy / This Orchid Means Goodbye / Loose Talk / No More Loose Talkin' / Tall Tall Gentleman / Wait A Little Longer Please Jesus / Don't Just Stand There / Try To Take It Like A Man / Before I Met You / Live For Tomorrow / Air Mail To Heaven / I Dreamed Of The Old Rugged Cross
1964	LP 12" HARMONY HL 7310 (US)	CARL SMITH'S BEST - Guilty Conscience / Washing My Dreams In Tears /There's Nothing As Sweet As My Baby / Me And My Broken Heart / My Lonely Heart's Running Wild / Little Girl In My Hometown / That's The Kind Of Love I'm Looking For / Just Wait Till I Get You Alone / Go Boy Go / No I Don't Believe I Will

1964	LP 12" COLUMBIA CS 8973 (US)	THERE STANDS THE GLASS - Slowly / Wondering / Love Love Love / Back Street Affair / So Used To Lovin' You / I'm Tired / There Stands The Glass / More And More / How Do You Talk To A Baby / Yes I Know Why / Don't Do It Darlin' / I Don't Care
1965	LP 12" COLUMBIA CS 9093 (US)	I WANT TO LIVE AND LOVE - Want To Live And Love / I Heard That Lonesome Whistle / Lonesome 7-7203 / Memory No 1 / Divorce Me COD / Oh How I Miss You / Waterloo / I Dreamed Of An Old Love Affair / Don't Let Me Cross Over / BJ The DJ / I Cried Again / I'll Hold You In My Heart
1965	LP 12" COLUMBIA CS 9158 (US)	KISSES DON'T LIE - All My Friends Are Gonna Be Strangers / Together Again / I'm Gonna Act Right / She Called Me Baby / Kisses Don't Lie / I Don't Love You Anymore / It Makes No Difference Now / Sing Her A Love Song / You Don't Have To Be A Baby To Cry / I Wish I Had Never Seen Sunshine / Always Late / Have I Told You Lately That I Love You
1965	LP 12" CSP DS 279 (US)	WALKIN' TALL
1966	LP 12"COLUMBIA CS 9301 (US)	MAN WITH A PLAN - Man With A Plan / Who Do I Think I Am / Don't Let Her / I'll Go Sleeping Too / How Do You Talk To A Baby / Bottle Is Just Fooling You / Stepping Out / Tragic Romance / Mommy Please Stay Home With Me / Bouquet Of Roses / Beautiful Wings
1967	LP 12" HARMONY HS 11218 (US)	SATISFACTION GUARANTEED - Satisfaction Guaranteed / Doggone It Baby I'm In Love / Sing Her A Love Song / If Teardrops Were Pennies / Back Up Buddy / Trademark / Darlin' Am I The One / This Side Of Heaven / Who'll Buy My Heartache / This Orchid Means Goodbye
1967	LP 12" HARMONY HS 11251(US)	GENTLEMAN IN LOVE - Love While You Can / Blue Love / We Live In Two Different Worlds / Don't That Moon Look Lonesome / Easy To Please / After The Boy Gets The Girl / No One Will Ever Know / Thoughts Of A Fool / Greener Pastures / Sweet Lips
1967	LP 12" COLUMBIA CS 9410 (US)	THE COUNTRY GENTLEMAN - Let's Walk Away Strangers / Ain't Love A Hurting Thing / More Habit Than Desire / Triangle / Take My Ring Off Of Your Finger / When It's Over / Best Dressed Beggar / I Almost Forgot Her Today / Pillow That Wispers / Sweet Little Country Girl / Lonely Girl
1967	LP 12" COLUMBIA CS 9487 (US)	SPECIAL - It's Such A Pretty World Today / Thanks A Lot / Life Turned Her That Way / I Should Get Away Awhile / Someday I'll Sober Up / All The World Is Lonely Now / Release Me / Here Comes My Baby Back Again / Buried Alive / Mighty Day / You're The Only Good Thing
1967	LP 12" CSP DS 341 (US)	LOVE WHILE YOU CAN - Gettin' Even / Kisses Don't Lie / BJ The DJ / Tall Tall Gentleman / Greener Pastures / Waterloo / After The Boy Gets The Girl / Love Love Love / Ten Thousand Drums / Love While You Can
1968	LP 12" COLUMBIA CS 9622 (US)	DEEP WATER - Deep Water / Take Care Of Our Baby / Love's Gonna Live Here / I Almost Lost My Mind / Here Comes That Sin Again / I Really Don't Want To Know / Foggy River / There's A Crowd / Kind Of Love I Can't Forget / Making Believe / When Will The Rainbow Follow The Rain

1968	LP 12" COLUMBIA CS 9688 (US)	COUNTRY ON MY MIND - California Sunshine / Why I'm Walkin' / Wonderful World Of Women / I'd Just Be Fool Enough / Baby Me Baby / Knee Deep In The Blues / Only Girl I Can't Forget / Don't Put Your Hurt In My Heart / I Threw Away The Rose / If You Were Mine To Lose / Little Ole Wine Drinker Me
1969	LP 12" HARMONY HS 11317 (US)	TAKE IT LIKE A MAN - I'm Tired / Anywhere Is Home / Live For Tomorrow / Try To Take It Like A Man / It's A Lovely Lovely World / You Are My Sunshine / Bouquet Of Roses / I Cried Again / Heart Of A Fool
1969	LP 12" COLUMBIA STS 2022 (US)	HEART OF CARL SMITH - Tall Tall Gentleman / Gettin' Even / Sweet Lips / I Really Don't Want To Know / Love While You Can / Take My Ring Off Of Your Finger / Lonesome 7-7203 / After The Boy Gets The Girl / Doorstep To Heaven / Kisses Don't Lie / Waterloo / Lonely Girl / Doggone It Baby I'm In Love / Let's Walk Away Strangers / Walk On The Wild Side Of Life / Satisfaction Guaranteed / Who Do I Think I Am / When Will The Rainbow Follow The Rain / Always Late / Trademark
1969	LP 12" COLUMBIA CS 9786 (US)	FADED LOVE AND WINTER ROSES - Faded Love And Withered Roses / I Put The Blue In Her Eyes / One Has My Name / It's Been So Long Darling / Yours Love / Party's Over / I Wish I Felt This Way At Home / Not In Front Of The Kids / I'm A Lonesome Fugitive / She's Looking Good / Time Changes Everything
1969	LP 12" COLUMBIA CS 9807 (US)	CARL SMITH'S GREATEST HITS VOL. 2 - Foggy River / This Orchid Means Goodbye / Take My Ring Off Of Your Finger / There Stands The Glass / I Really Don't Want To Know / Deep Water / Faded Love And Winter Roses / Lonely Girl / Air Mail To Heaven / You Ought To Hear Me Cry / She Called Me Baby
1969	LP 12" COLUMBIA CS 9870 (US)	TRIBUTE TO ROY ACUFF - Wabash Cannonball / Great Speckled Bird / Pins And Needles / Lonely Mound Of Clay / Precious Jewel / Waltz Of The Wind / Streamlined Cannonball / Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain / Wreck On The Highway / Fireball Mail / Wait For The Light To Shine
1969	LP 12" COLUMBIA CS 9898 (US)	I LOVE YOU BECAUSE - I Love You Because / Never Gonna Cry No More / It's A Sin / Blue Blue Day / Please Help Me I'm Falling / Low And Lonely / Good Deal Lucille / This Cold War With You / Mister Come And Get Your Wife / Kaw-Liga / Afraid
1970	LP 12" COLUMBIA C 30215 (US)	CARL SMITH AND THE TUNESMITHS - Pick Me Up On Your Way Down / Why Don't You Love Me / Take These Chains From My Heart / I Know You're Married / Heart Over Mind / Bonaparte's Retreat / Rose Of Ol' Pawnee / I'm So Afraid Of Losing You Again / Faded Love And Withered Roses / No One Will Ever Know / Big Murphy
1970	LP 12" COLUMBIA GP 31 (US)	THE CARL SMITH ANNIVERSARY ALBUM - Hey Joe / Back Up Buddy / She Called Me Baby / Deep Water / Foggy River / Pull My String And Wind Me Up / Heartbreak Avenue / Good Deal Lucille / It's All Right / I Love You Because / I Overlooked An Orchid / Mr Moon / I Feel Like Cryin' / There She Goes / Let Old Mother Nature Have Her Way / Loose Talk / Are You Teasing Me / Don't Just Stand There / If Teardrops Were Pennies / I Betcha My Heart I Love You
1970	LP 12" HARMONY H 30526 (US)	KNEE DEEP IN THE BLUES - Knee Deep In The Blues / I Almost Forgot Her Today / Here Comes My Baby Back Again / Party's Over / I Really Don't Want To Know / Waterloo / Greener Pastures / Ain't Love A Hurting Thing / Beautiful Wings
1971	LP 12" COLUMBIA C 30548 (US)	CARL SMITH SINGS BLUEGRASS - Yonder Stands Little Maggie / Blue Moon Of Kentucky / Rocky Top / I Wonder Where You Are Tonight / Sunny Side Of The Mountain / Jimmy Brown The Newsboy / Kentucky Waltz / Footprints In The Snow / Love Letters In The Sand / Big Midnight Special / I'll Be Alright Tomorrow

1972	LP 12" HARMONY H 31026 (US)	TALL TALL GENTLEMAN - Easy To Please / I'll Hold You In My Dreams / Tall Tall Gentleman / Take My Ring Off Of Your Finger / Sweet Lips / Great Speckled Bird / Before I Met You / Little Girl In My Hometown / I'm Tired
1972	LP 12"COLUMBIA C 31277 (US)	DON'T SAY YOU'RE MINE - Don't Say You're Mine / Everything Is Beautiful / Hello Darlin' / Easy Lovin' / Help Me Make It Through The Night / Morning After / Don't Touch Me / Kiss An Angel Good Mornin' / When You're Gone / Best Years Of Your Life / Would You Take Another Chance On Me
1972	LP 12" COLUMBIA KC 31606 (US)	IF THIS IS GOODBYE - Zeb Turney's Gal / On That Old Hawaiian Shore With You / Golden River / Moanin' / I Knew That We'd Meet Again / Confused With The Blues / My Little Golden Horseshoe / Yodeling Cowboy
1975	LP 12" HICKORY H3G 4518 (US)	WAY I LOSE MY MIND - Way I Lose My Mind / Lost Highway / Not Once But A Hundred Times / I Ain't Getting Nowhere With You / Dreaming Again / Me And My Broken Heart / Everything I Touch Turns To Sugar / Happy Birthday To My Darlin' / Candy And Roses / Half As Much / Remembered By Someone
1975	LP 12" HICKORY H3G 4522 (US)	GIRL THAT I LOVE - Girl That I Love / I Can't Get You / I Can't Go On This Way / It's Teardrop Time / It's Gonna Be One Of Those Days / Pair Of Wings For Me / Roly Poly / Just Because I'm Still In Love With You / One Thing Leads To Another / Drinking Champagne / She Is
1977	LP 12" HICKORY HB 44005 (US)	THIS LADY LOVING ME - This Lady Loving Me / There Stands The Glass / It's Teardrop Time / Show Me A Brick Wall / Pair Of Wings For Me / This Kinda Love Ain't Meant For Sunday School / Way With Words / Give Me Liberty / Till I Stop Needing You / Loose Talk
1978	LP 12" HICKORY HB 44015 (US)	SILVER TONGUED COWBOY - Silver Tongued Cowboy / I'll Never Do It Next Time / May You Never Be Alone / I Tried But I Couldn't Do It / It Takes Four Feet To Make A Yard / Pinball Machine / I Can't Get That Last Memory Down / Did We Have To Come This Far / Home On The Range / She's Got That Oklahoma Look
1980	LP 12" GUSTO GT 0058 (US)	GREATEST HITS - Are You Teasing Me / Mr Moon / Hey Joe / Deep Water / You Are The One / Don't Just Stand There / If Teardrops Were Pennies / Take My Ring Off Of Your Finger / Kisses Don't Lie / I Just Loved Her For The Last Time Again
1982	LP 12" GUSTO GTV 113 (US)	LEGENDARY - Let Old Mother Nature Have Her Way / Mr Moon / Just Wait Till I Get You Alone / Back Up Buddy / Deep Water / Hey Joe / Are You Teasing Me / If Teardrops Were Pennies / It's A Lovely Lovely World / You Are The One / Don't Just Stand There / Satisfaction Guaranted / Kisses Don't Lie / Our Honeymoon / Trademark / Let's Live A Little Before We Say Goodbye / Take My Ring Off Of Your Finger / I Overlooked An Orchid / Go Boy Go / This Orchid Means Goodbye
1983	LP 12" COLUMBIA FC 38906 (US)	HISTORIC EDITION - Mr Moon / Don't Just Stand There / There She Goes / Are You Teasing Me / Let's Live A Little Before We Say Goodbye / Softly And Tenderly / No Second Chance / I Just Dropped In To Say Goodbye / Baby I'm Ready / You're Free To Go / I Overlooked An Orchid / Amazing Grace
1985	LP 12" ROUNDER SS 25 (US)	OLD LONESOME TIMES 1951-56 - Let Old Mother Nature Have Her Way / It's A Lovely Lovely World / Hey Joe / If I Could Have Hold The Dawn / Loose Talk / Old Lonesome Times / Kisses Don't Lie / If Teardrops Were Pennies / Who'll Buy The Heartaches / Live And Let Live / You Are The One / Me And My Broken Heart
1991	CD COLUMBIA CK 47996 (US)	THE ESSENTIAL - Guilty Conscience / I Just Dropped In To Say Goodbye / I Overlooked An Orchid / If Teardrops Were Pennies / Let's Live A Little Before We Say Goodbye / Don't Just Stand There / Let Old Mother Nature Have Her Way / It's A Lovely Lovely World / Are You Teasing Me / This Orchid Means Goodbye / Hey Joe / Trademark / Just Wait Till I Get You Alone / Doggone It Baby I'm In Love / Back Up Buddy / Go Boy Go / Loose Talk / Kisses Don't Lie / There She Goes / You Are The One
1991	CD CURB D2 77473 (US)	THE BEST OF CARL SMITH - Way I Lose My Mind / Roly Poly / If You Don't Somebody Else Will / Way With Words / Show Me A Brick Wall / This Kind Of Love Ain't Made For Sunday / Loose Talk / This Daddy Loving Me / Lost Highway / Silver Tongued Cowboy / There Stands The Glass / Drinking Champagne
1995	5 CD BEAR FAMILY BCD 15849 (D)	SATISFACTION GUARANTEED

Source : http://www.rocky-52.net/chanteurss/smith_ca.htm

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:

SEE ALSO: Tunesmiths

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

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