Why Isn't Connie Smith on Any of the Country Family Reunions

American country music artist (born 1941)

Connie Smith
Smith performing live at the Thou Ole Opry in 2007
Born	Constance June Meador (1941-08-14) August 14, 1941 (age 80) Elkhart, Indiana, U.S.
Occupation	Singer songwriter
Years active	1963–nowadays
Spouse(s)	Jerry Smith ​ ​ (1000. 1961; div. 1966)​ Jack Watkins ​ ​ (m. 1966; div. 1967)​ Marshall Haynes ​ ​ (m. 1968; div. 1992)​ Marty Stuart ​ (m. 1997)​
Children	5
Musical career
Genres	Land Nashville Sound gospel
Instruments	Vocals guitar
Labels	RCA Victor Columbia Monument Epic Warner Bros. Daywind Sugar Hill Fat Possum
Associated acts	Neb Anderson Nat Stuckey Barbara Fairchild Sharon White
Musical artist

Connie Smith (born Constance June Meador; August xiv, 1941) is an American country music vocaliser and songwriter. Her contralto vocals have been described by music writers every bit meaning and influential to the women of country music. A similarity has been noted betwixt her vocal fashion and the stylings of country vocalist Patsy Cline. Other performers take cited Smith every bit influence on their own singing styles, which has been reflected in quotes and interviews over the years.

Discovered in 1963, Smith signed with RCA Victor Records the following twelvemonth and remained with the characterization until 1973. Her debut unmarried "In one case a Day" was nominated at the Grammy Awards for All-time Female person Land Song Functioning and reached number ane on the Billboard Hot Land Songs chart in November 1964 and remained at the acme position for eight weeks, the first time a female creative person had achieved this feat, with Smith holding the record for over 50 years until it was cleaved past Trisha Yearwood. The song became Smith's biggest hitting. Smith's success continued through 1960s and mid 1970s with 19 more than top-ten hits (including "Then and Only Then"; "Ain't Had No Lovin'"; "Cincinnati, Ohio"; "I Never Once Stopped Loving You"; and "Ain't Love a Good Matter") on the country songs nautical chart.

In the early 1970s, Smith began recording Gospel music more frequently every bit she became more serious in her Christianity. Every bit she focused more heavily on religion, Smith became known for her outspoken religious demeanor at concerts and music venues. At the same time, Smith spent more than time raising her five children than focusing on music. She eventually went into semi-retirement in 1979. Smith would render to recording briefly in the mid 1980s with Ballsy Records. However, information technology was not until her collaboration with Marty Stuart in the 1990s that she returned permanently. Their musical friendship would turn romantic, leading to their marriage in 1997. The pairing led to Smith's first studio anthology in 20 years, Connie Smith. Critically acclaimed, Smith began performing again and has since recorded two more studio albums.

Smith has been nominated for 11 Grammy Awards, including eight nominations for Best Female Land Vocal Performance. She has besides been nominated for 1 Academy of Country Music award and 3 Country Music Association awards. Rolling Stone included her on their listing of the 100 greatest land music artists and CMT ranked her amongst the pinnacle ten in their list of the xl greatest women of state music. She has been a fellow member of the Grand Ole Opry bandage since 1965. In 2012, Smith was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame.

Early life [edit]

Connie Smith was born Constance June Meador on August 14, 1941, to Wilma and Hobart Meador in Elkhart, Indiana. Her parents were originally from West Virginia, and when Smith was 5 months one-time, the family returned at that place. They would afterwards movement to Dungannon, Ohio.^[1] Her male parent was abusive when she was a kid, which would eventually cause her to suffer a mental breakup when she was a teenager.^[2]

At age seven, her mother divorced her father and married Tom Clark. Clark brought 8 children to the new marriage; Meador brought 5, including Smith. The couple would eventually have two more than children together, which in total added up to fifteen children. As a child, Smith was surrounded by music. Her stepfather played mandolin, while her blood brother played dabble, and her other brother played guitar. On Sat nights Smith would listen to the Grand Ole Opry radio broadcast.^[3] While she was a teenager, she was injured in a lawnmower blow, which most cut her leg off. While in the hospital recovering, she was given a guitar and learned how to play unlike chords. Following the recovery, she began to perform in various local talent contests. In 1959, Smith graduated from Salem-Freedom Loftier School every bit the form salutatorian.^[3]

In Baronial 1963, she entered a talent competition at the Frontier Ranch state music park near Columbus, Ohio. Performing Jean Shepard'south "I Thought of You", Smith won the talent contest and five argent dollars.^[5] That day at the park, country artist Bill Anderson heard Smith perform and was impressed by her vocalisation. In January 1964, Smith ran into Anderson again at a land music package concert, where he invited her to perform with him on Ernest Tubb's Midnite Jamboree program in Nashville, Tennessee.^{[half dozen]} After performing on the plan, Smith returned to Nashville that May to record demos past Anderson that he planned on pitching to other country artists. Anderson's manager Hubert Long brought the demo recording to RCA Victor Records, where producer Chet Atkins heard it. Also impressed by her vocals, Atkins offered Smith a recording contract, and she eventually signed with the characterization on June 24, 1964.^{[5] [6]}

Career [edit]

1964–1967: "Once a Day" and breakthrough [edit]

Considering Chet Atkins found himself too decorated with other artists, Bob Ferguson acted as Smith'south producer on her start sessions and would continue to work equally her producer until her departure from RCA. Smith's first session took identify on July 16, 1964, where she recorded four songs, three of which were written by Bill Anderson.^[7] Ane of the four songs recorded during the session entitled "Once a 24-hour interval" was called to be Smith's debut unmarried. The song was blitz-released as a single in August 1964 and reached number one on the Billboard Magazine Hot Country Singles chart on November 28. It remained at the number i position for 8 weeks.^[5]

Promotional photograph, 1966

"In one case a Solar day" became the start debut unmarried by a female land artist to reach number one. For nearly l years the single held the record for the most weeks spent at number one on the Billboard state chart past a female artist.^[eight] RCA Victor released Smith's self-titled debut album in March 1965 which besides reached number one spending vii weeks at the meridian of the Billboard Elevation State Albums chart, and spending 30 weeks on the chart overall.^[9] In improver, the album also peaked at No. 105 on the Billboard 200 albums chart around the same time.^[10] Dan Cooper of Allmusic chosen the production of the album to audio as if she was "a downwardly-home Streisand fronting The Lennon Sisters."^[11]

During this fourth dimension, Anderson wrote a series of songs that were released equally follow-up singles to "One time a Day". These songs also became major hits.^[12] Her next Anderson-penned release was 1965's "Then and Only Then". The song peaked at number four on the Billboard country chart. Its B-side, "Tiny Blue Transistor Radio" (originally intended for Skeeter Davis and also penned by Anderson), peaked within the top 25 on the same singles chart.^[ix] In 1965, Smith officially became a member of the Grand Ole Opry radio show in Nashville, Tennessee. It had been a dream of Smith'southward to become a member since babyhood, remembering saying at the age of five, "Someday I'm gonna sing on the Grand Ole Opry."^[13] In the mid-60s Smith was temporarily fired from the Grand Ole Opry for not being on the show for twenty six weeks out of the year, which was the required number of weeks to stay a member at the time. In the 1970s, Smith was well-nigh fired from the testify for testifying almost Jesus Christ.^[6]

Pecker Anderson wrote her adjacent single with Bette Anderson titled "I Tin can't Remember" (1965). The track reached number nine on the Billboard Magazine Hot State Singles nautical chart.^[fourteen] In October 1965, Smith released her second studio anthology Cute 'n' Country.^[14] The album featured embrace versions of land songs and newer songs written by Bill Anderson. Covers included songs by Jim Reeves, Webb Pierce, and Ray Price.^[15] Similar her first album, Cute 'n' Country reached number ane on the Billboard Meridian Country Albums nautical chart and spent thirty weeks on the chart too.^[xiv] Her side by side ii singles, "If I Talk to Him" and "Nobody But a Fool (Would Love Y'all)", both reached number iv on the state singles chart and were issued on Smith'south tertiary album, Miss Smith Goes to Nashville (1966).^[16] The album peaked at number ii on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart.^[17]

With her next few sessions, Smith'southward producer Bob Ferguson felt pressured from RCA headquarters in New York Urban center to market Smith'southward audio toward more "centre-of-the-road" land pop fabric. This alter of audio was axiomatic on her next two studio albums: Born to Sing (1966) and Downtown Country (1967). Both albums featured full orchestras in the groundwork and embrace versions of singles by pop artists of the time.^[xviii] Spawned from Born to Sing and Downtown Country were the singles "Ain't Had No Lovin'" and "The Hurtin's All Over", which both peaked inside the summit five on the country singles chart.^[2] During this time, Smith also appeared in several state music vehicle films, where she performed many of her current hit recordings.^[nineteen] In 1966, she appeared in the films Second Fiddle to a Steel Guitar and The Las Vegas Hillbillys, the latter of which starred Jayne Mansfield. In 1967, she appeared in The Road to Nashville and Hell on Wheels.^[20]

In February 1967, Smith released an anthology on RCA Camden entitled Connie in the Land, which mainly featured cover versions of country hits recorded at the time. Covers included songs by Loretta Lynn and Cadet Owens.^[21] In May 1967, RCA released an album of songs written entirely by Bill Anderson called Connie Smith Sings Bill Anderson. Smith after commented that, "it was an award, not a favor" to tape an album of all Anderson tunes. Included in the disc were covers of Anderson's own hits such as "City Lights" and "That'due south What It's Similar to Exist Lonesome". Also featured was Anderson's "I Beloved You Drops", which Smith wanted to release as a single; all the same Anderson wanted to release the song as his own unmarried. Smith stated, "Nosotros begged him for that song. But I cut 33 of his songs." It would after go a height 10 hit for Anderson.^[22] Between 1966 and 1968, Smith had five top x singles in a row on the Billboard country chart:^[2] "I'll Come up Runnin'" (which Smith wrote herself), "Cincinnati, Ohio", "Burning a Pigsty in My Listen", "Baby'southward Back Once again", and "Run Away Piddling Tears". "Cincinnati, Ohio" would after inspire the city of Cincinnati, Ohio to declare their own "Connie Smith Day" in June 1967.^[22]

Smith signing autographs in April 1966

1968–1972: New directions [edit]

Past 1968, Smith began to feel big amounts of pressure from the music business. The stress of touring, recording, promoting, and trying to proceed a personal life reportedly led Smith to contemplate suicide. Even so, Smith after stated that she never considered the prospect as an actual possibility.^[6] These pressures somewhen led her to seek solace in both her family life and organized religion, becoming a Born Over again Christian in the spring of 1968.^{[5] [12]} Although she did non give upwards her music career completely, Smith did balance it with a lighter schedule in order to avoid stress.^[ii]

In 1968–69, she recorded a cover of Marty Robbins' "Ribbon of Darkness". Smith stated that it was reflection on her personal life, later recently divorcing her first husband Jerry Smith.^[6] Despite a set of recent personal troubles, Smith continued to have the same commercial success she had earlier. In 1969, her next single "You and Your Sugariness Love" (written by Bill Anderson) reached number half dozen on the Billboard Mag Hot Land Singles chart. This was followed by another summit ten single in 1970 called "I Never Once Stopped Loving You", which reached the top five.^{[2] [23]} Between 1969 and 1970, she released ii collaborative albums with Nat Stuckey: Young Beloved and Sunday Morning with Nat Stuckey and Connie Smith.^[6] From 1970 to 1971, both the singles "Louisiana Man" and "Where Is My Castle" became meridian twenty hits on the Billboard country singles chart.^[24]

In 1971, Smith's cover of Don Gibson'southward "But One Time" reached number two on the Hot Land Singles chart.^[24] An anthology of the same name was as well released, which reached the height 20 on the Billboard country LP'southward survey.^[25] Past the early 1970s, Smith started to incorporate more Gospel music into her regular studio albums and touring bear witness.^[2] Smith afterwards stated that past incorporating gospel into her secular recording career would make her jump into Christianity "count".^[vi] In 1971, she released her tertiary gospel album, Come Along and Walk with Me. According to Smith, the latter projection was her favorite gospel record out of the many she had released.^[26] In 1972, all three of Smith'southward singles reached the acme x on the country singles chart: "Just for What I Am", "If Information technology Ain't Love (Let's Get out Information technology Lone)", and "Love Is the Expect You're Looking for".^[ii] In addition, 3 albums were likewise released to accommodate the success of the three singles, including a tribute to songwriter Dallas Frazier named If It Ain't Honey and Other Great Dallas Frazier Songs.^[xvi] In November 1972, Smith announced she would depart from RCA the same calendar week that land artist Eddy Arnold as well announced his temporary difference.^[23] Smith later explained in an interview with Razor & Tie that she felt RCA showed a lack of respect for her and she felt she would have been happier recording elsewhere.^[27]

1973–1979: Subsequently career [edit]

In 1973, Smith moved to Columbia Records. With a new contract, she was given permission to tape one gospel anthology per year.^[28] Her start gospel tape under the characterization was 1973's God Is Abundant. In addition, the label also gave her the opportunity to incorporate gospel songs into her state albums. In issue, these changes acquired a slight commercial decline for Smith. All the same, her singles continued to regular make major chart positions in the Billboard country top 20.^[two] She likewise recorded her first country LP for Columbia in 1973 titled A Lady Named Smith (produced by George Richey).^[27] Smith and Richey co-wrote the album'south lead single, "You've Got Me (Correct Where You Desire Me)", which became a minor hitting on the Billboard country chart.^[29] Notwithstanding Smith was dissatisfied with Richey'due south production strategies and replaced him with Ray Bakery for her next anthology, That'south the Mode Love Goes (1974).^[27] Her side by side single was written past Dallas Frazier called "Ain't Love a Good Thing", which peaked at number ten on the Hot Country Singles Chart in 1974.^[30]

Music critics noticed a change in Smith's vocals following her Columbia switch. When reviewing her Columbia compilation titled Connie Smith Sings Her Hits, Thom Jurek of Allmusic commented that Smith lost much of the "grain" in her voice. Jurek went on to write, "It could be said, that regardless of the fabric, she never made a bad record; the tunes were carefully chosen information technology's truthful, only she never tried to hibernate the hardcore twang in her song style."^[29] In 1974, the singles "I Never Knew (What That Song Meant Before)" and "I've Got My Baby on My Heed", which both reached number thirteen on the Billboard land nautical chart.^[30] In 1975, she released her second gospel album with the label, entitled Connie Smith Sings Hank Williams Gospel. The projection was a tribute to the gospel material that Hank Williams recorded.^[12] That year, she also released a cover of Williams' secular "Why Don't You Honey Me (Like You Used to Exercise)" as a single. In 1976, Smith released two comprehend versions of previously made pop hits by The Everly Brothers equally singles: "(Till) I Kissed You lot" and "So Sad (To Watch Good Love Go Bad)".^[29]

In 1977 Smith moved to Monument Records. With her new recording contract, she was marketed equally a state pop artist and was pressured into recording softer material. While reviewing Smith'due south 1993 Monument compilation Greatest Hits on Monument, Allmusic's Stephen Thomas Erlewine commented that she not only recorded country-pop material, but besides "heavily produced adult contemporary ballads and big, shiny disco-influenced popular numbers."^[31] Meanwhile, both of Smith'southward albums under the label stiffed upon release. Her debut 1977 Monument album, Pure Connie Smith, spawned the single "Coming Effectually", which peaked outside the land top 40. Just one single released on the label became a significant hit, a encompass of Andy Gibb's 1977 pop hitting "I But Desire to Exist Your Everything". The track reached number 14 on the country singles nautical chart in 1978.^[32] Her next v singles on the label continued to descend into progressively lower positions on the state singles chart^[32] and considering of poor tape sales, Smith decided to go into semi-retirement in 1979 to raise her five children.^{[vi] [28]}

1998–nowadays: Return to recording and performing [edit]

Smith was encouraged to restart her mainstream career in 1985 with a new recording contract to Epic Records. The label released 2 singles over the form of two years.^[23] The get-go single, "A Far Cry from You" (1985), was written past Alternative country artist Steve Earle and reached number 71 on the Hot Country Songs nautical chart.^[28] The 2nd single did not chart and Epic failed to release any further singles or an album.

Smith on stage at the Grand Ole Opry

One day in the mid-1990s, Smith was at her domicile talking to one of her daughters on the phone. Afterwards telling her mother what she was going to do that night, her girl asked Smith what her plans for that night were. Because she did not have annihilation fun planned, Smith lied and then her daughter wouldn't have to worry about her. After the conversation ended, Smith realized that she didn't demand her ain children worrying about her at the kickoff of their adult lives and decided that it was time to return to her career.^[6] With country artist Marty Stuart (whom she later married in 1997), acting equally the album'southward main producer, Smith signed a recording contract with Warner Bros. Records in 1996. Although the label preferred her to tape an album of duets, Smith decided to go past her ain terms and tape a solo studio album. In October 1998 she released her 2nd self-titled studio anthology.^[33] It consisted of x tracks, ix of them co-written by both Smith and Stuart.^[34]

Smith's 1998 projection attracted express commercial attention,^[28] only was given critical praise for its traditional and contemporary fashion. Kurt Wolff of the book Country Music: The Crude Guide commented that the anthology sounded "far gutsier than annihilation in the Reba and Garth mainstream".^[12] Thom Jurek of Allmusic gave the release 4 out of five stars, calling information technology "a solid endeavour", also commenting, "...it stands head and shoulders over most of the stuff that'southward come out of Nash Vegas in over a decade. Even if it doesn't sell a copy, it's a triumphant render for Smith. She hasn't lost a whit of her gift every bit a singer or as a author."^[35] Also in 1998, Smith made a 2nd cameo appearance in a film, portraying a "Vocalizer at the Rodeo Dance" in The Howdy-Lo Country starring Woody Harrelson and Billy Crudup.

In Baronial 2003, she released a gospel anthology with country artists Barbara Fairchild and Sharon White called Honey Never Fails on Daywind Records.^[34] In an interview with Country Stars Central, Smith said that she was ill with the tum influenza while recording the album, but still enjoyed making the record.^[36] Produced by country and bluegrass performer Ricky Skaggs (White'southward husband), the album received a nomination from the Dove Awards.^[5] The website Slipcue.com reviewed the release and commented that Love Never Fails, "is probably too rowdy for almost Southern gospel fans (who actually like tinkly pianos and less-twangy vocals), and while it probably won't wow many country listeners, for folks who are fans whatever of these three singers, this is kind of a treat.^[37]

In November 2008, Smith joined the bandage of Marty Stuart's television receiver serial The Marty Stuart Prove, which aired on the RFD-TV network every Saturday night. The thirty-minute programme featured traditional country music performed by both Stuart and Smith, as well as radio personality Eddie Stubbs.^[38] The show stopped airing on RFD-TV in 2014.^[39] Since 2008, Smith had been writing new songs for her next album.^[5] In August 2011 Smith released her first new solo recording in thirteen years, entitled Long Line of Heartaches via Sugar Loma Records. The record was produced by Marty Stuart and included five songs written by the pair. Harlan Howard, Kostas, Johnny Russell, and Dallas Frazier also wrote tracks that were included on the disc.^[40] The album was reviewed positively by AllMusic'southward Steve Leggett, who gave it four stars. "It wouldn't exist quite right to telephone call this a throwback anthology, but it does sound like vintage traditional country given just a bit of a polished edge," he concluded.^[41] Andrew Mueller of BBC also gave it a positive response, calling it "classic and classicist country songs".^[42]

In 2021, Smith announced the release of her first new album of songs in 10 years. Titled The Cry of the Centre, the disc volition exist released in August on Fat Possum Records. According to a press release, Smith called her functioning on the record to be "at her finest".^[43]

Personal life [edit]

Smith has been married iv times. In 1961, she married Jerry Smith, a ferro-analyst at the Inter-Lake Iron Corporation in Beverly, Ohio. They had one kid together, built-in on March 9, 1963, named Darren Justin. (In the late 1970s, Darren went to Europe to get a missionary; he is currently a psychologist.)^{[six] [44]} In the mid-1960s, the couple divorced and Smith married the guitarist in her touring band, Jack Watkins. They had a son, Kerry Watkins, before separating virtually a twelvemonth after marrying. Shortly later, Smith married phone repairman Marshall Haynes. In the early on 1970s, Haynes oftentimes toured with Connie on her route show. The couple had three daughters: Jeanne, Julie, and Jodi Haynes.^[23]

Smith alongside her guitar actor Rick Wright, 2007

Subsequently divorcing Haynes in the early 1990s, Smith stated that she would never ally once again.^[vi] Still, on July 8, 1997, she did get married for the fourth time, this fourth dimension to her producer, country creative person Marty Stuart. Stuart began producing her after writing songs for Smith'due south 1998 improvement album. Stuart described encountering Smith 26 years earlier, later on attending her concert: "I met Connie when I was 12 years old. She came to the Indian reservation in my hometown of Philadelphia, Mississippi to work at a fair. She hasn't changed a chip. She looked great then and she looks great now."^[45] Stuart said he told his mother and so that he was going to marry Connie Smith. Smith explains how they have sustained their marriage : "Make the Lord the center ... and commit."^[46]

Smith revealed in a New York Times interview that she had been diagnosed with COVID-19 in Feb 2021. She was hospitalized, developing sepsis and pneumonia. She eventually made a total recovery.^[47] "They asked me if my heart stopped, did I want to be revived, and I said, 'Of course, I don't want to exist a COVID statistic,'" she told the Nashville Scene.^[48]

Musical styles and vocal ability [edit]

Connie Smith'south sound is divers by the Nashville Sound musical manner, primarily during her breakthrough years in the 1960s. While well-nigh Nashville Sound recordings of the fourth dimension mainly included full orchestras, Smith's audio remained more traditional with its use of steel guitar and her twangy vocals, while still featuring some pop-influenced instrumentation to provide urban pop appeal. Critics have largely praised Smith's use of the steel guitar, which have often been described as "precipitous" and "prominent".^[12] Her steel guitar player Weldon Myrick is ofttimes credited with creating what Smith has called "The Connie Smith Audio". In an interview with Colin Escott in his book Born to Sing, Myrick recalls how Smith's producer (Bob Ferguson) wanted the guitar to sound, "He came out and said he wanted a bright sound, and he adjusted my controls. I idea information technology was an awfully thin audio, simply it wound upwardly being very pop."^[49]

Smith's song delivery has as well been considered to be function of her musical style. Author Stephen Thomas Erlewine noted in 2012 that Smith sings with a "absurd, administrative ease, a skill that brought her to the attending of some of Nashville's finest songwriters."^[50] Mary A. Bufwack and Robert K. Oermann called her singing "a pillar-of-fire delivery sobbed with desolation."^[51] Thom Jurek of AllMusic stated that Smith'south vocals offering "sophisticated emotional commitment" and that "her control and phrasing remain a high-water mark today."^[52]

Legacy [edit]

Smith at the Thou Ole Opry, 2007.

Smith is considered by many critics and historians to be 1 of country music's near celebrated and respected artists.^{[27] [34] [2] [53]} In his review of Smith'due south 1996 compilation The Essential Connie Smith, Jurek explained why Smith'southward vocals are commonly compared to Cline's, "Connie Smith is perhaps the but female singer in the history of country music who can truly claim to exist the heiress to Patsy Cline's throne. Information technology's not that in that location aren't many amazing vocalists in the field, and plenty of legends amid them. But in terms of the pure gift of estimation of taking well-nigh any song and making it a country song of class and distinction, Smith is it."^[54]

Writers and journalists take also cited Smith as an integral piece of state music history. Mary A. Bufwack and Robert K. Oermann categorized her every bit one of country's "heroines of heartbreak", due to her emotional vocal commitment. Bufwack and Oermann further stated that forth with Tammy Wynette, Smith was amid the genre'south "almost towering country voices of the 1960s and 1970s" who "sang from the depths of despair" and "spoke for conservative Middle America in both music and life."^[51]

Many artists in the state music industry accept cited Smith as a significant musical influence or one of their favorite musical artists. George Jones cited Smith as his favorite female singer in his 1995 autobiography.^[34] Elvis Presley had many of Smith'south albums in his tape collection at his Graceland home and intended on recording Smith's version of "The Wonders You lot Perform", merely never got around to doing so.^[6] In a discussion with country songwriter Fred Foster, Dolly Parton famously said, "You lot know, at that place's really only three female singers in the world: Barbra Streisand, Linda Ronstadt, and Connie Smith. The remainder of us are just pretending."^[1]

Smith has also been given honors and achievements as function of her legacy. In 2002, she was ranked in the tiptop 10 of CMTdue south televised special of the twoscore Greatest Women of State Music.^[55] In 2011, she was inducted into the West Virginia Music Hall of Fame.^[56] Alongside Garth Brooks, Smith was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2012. "Just to be in the company of the great Kitty Wells is plenty," she commented after hearing the news.^[57] In 2015, she celebrated 50 years every bit a member of the Grand Ole Opry radio broadcast. Her celebration was honored in a functioning joined by Alison Krauss and Mel Tillis, among others.^[58] In 2017, she was ranked on Rolling Stone'due south listing of the "100 Greatest State Artists of All-Fourth dimension".^[59]

In March 2021, Smith'southward legacy was further cemented past the Library of Congress, which added "Once a Mean solar day" to the National Recording Registry.^[sixty] In April 2021, Smith's husband, Marty Stuart, appear a documentary to be released about her life and career titled Connie: The Cry of the Middle. "Studying the depth of what Marty and Connie accept achieved in the industry and and then discovering their ability to predict the business trends around their legacy makes me very excited to exist part of what they are doing," said Nick Kontonicolas, who volition assistance circulate the documentary on his network.^[61]

Discography [edit]

• Connie Smith (1965)
• Beautiful 'n' Country (1965)
• Miss Smith Goes to Nashville (1966)
• Connie Smith Sings Great Sacred Songs (1966)
• Born to Sing (1966)
• Downtown Country (1967)
• Connie Smith Sings Bill Anderson (1967)
• Soul of Country Music (1967)
• I Honey Charley Brown (1968)
• Sunshine and Rain (1968)
• Connie's Country (1969)
• Young Love (1969)
• Dorsum in Baby'due south Arms (1969)
• Sunday Morning with Nat Stuckey and Connie Smith (1970)
• I Never In one case Stopped Loving You (1970)
• Where Is My Castle (1971)
• Merely Ane Time (1971)
• Come Along and Walk with Me (1971)
• Own't We Havin' Us a Proficient Time (1972)
• If Information technology Ain't Love and Other Swell Dallas Frazier Songs (1972)
• A Lady Named Smith (1973)
• God Is Arable (1973)
• That's the Style Love Goes (1974)
• I Never Knew (What That Vocal Meant Before) (1974)
• I Got a Lot of Hurtin' Done Today/I've Got My Baby On My Listen (1975)
• Connie Smith Sings Hank Williams Gospel (1975)
• Joy to the Globe (1975)
• The Song We Fell in Love To (1976)
• I Don't Wanna Talk Information technology Over Anymore (1976)
• Pure Connie Smith (1977)
• New Horizons (1978)
• The Best of Connie Smith (1989)
• Connie Smith (1998)
• Love Never Fails (2003)
• Long Line of Heartaches (2011)
• The Weep of the Center (2021)

Filmography [edit]

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
1966	The Las Vegas Hillbillys	Herself	Cameo appearance	[62]
	Second Fiddle to a Steel Guitar	Herself	Cameo appearance	[62]
1967	The Road to Nashville	Herself	Cameo appearance	[62]
	Hell on Wheels	Herself	Cameo advent	[62]
1998	The Hi-Lo Country	Vocalist at rodeo dance		[63]
2008–2014	The Marty Stuart Show	Herself	153 episodes	[39]

Awards, nominations and honors [edit]

Smith has won ii awards from both Billboard Magazine and Cash Box. Besides her nominations from music magazines, she has been nominated for 11 Grammy Awards, one award from the Academy of State Music, and iii awards from the Country Music Association, equally well as several nominations from the fan-voted Music City News Awards including one win.

Year	Clan	Category	Result	Ref.
1964	Billboard Mag	About Promising Female Country Artist	Won	[64]
1965	Grammy Awards	Best Country and Western Single – "Once a Day"	Nominated	[64]
		All-time New Land and Western Artist	Nominated	[64]
		Best Country & Western Vocal Performance, Female – "Once a Day"	Nominated	[64]
	Billboard Magazine	Most Promising Female person Country Artist	Won	[64]
	Billboard Mag	Favorite Female Land Performer	Nominated	[64]
		Favorite Anthology (1964–1965) – Connie Smith	Nominated	[64]
	Greenbacks Box	About Promising Female Country Vocalist	Won	[64]
	Country Music Review	Most Promising Female Vocalist	Won	[64]
1966	Grammy Awards	Best Sacred Recording – Connie Smith Sings Dandy Sacred Songs	Nominated	[64]
		Best Country and Western Song Performance, Female – "Own't Had No Lovin'"	Nominated	[64]
	Billboard Magazine	Favorite Female Country Performer	Nominated	[64]
		Favorite Country Album – Cute 'n' Land	Nominated	[64]
	Cash Box	Most Programmed Female person Artist	Won	[64]
	Country Music Life Award	Favorite Female Artist	Won	[64]
	Record World	Top Female Vocalist	Won	[64]
		Well-nigh Outstanding Female Country and Western Vocalist	Won	[64]
1967	Billboard Magazine	Top State Artist, Female Vocalist	Nominated	[64]
	Cash Box	Most Programmed Female Artist	Nominated	[64]
	Record Globe	Top Female Singer	Nominated	[64]
	Country Music Clan Awards	Female Vocalist of the Year	Nominated	[64]
1968	Grammy Awards	Best Country & Western Solo Vocal Operation, Female – "Cincinnati, Ohio"	Nominated	[64]
1969	Academy of Country Music	Tiptop Female person Vocalist	Nominated	[65]
	Grammy Awards	All-time Country Vocal Operation, Female – "Ribbon of Darkness"	Nominated	[64]
1970	Country Music Association	Female person Vocalist of the Twelvemonth	Nominated	[64]
1971	Grammy Awards	Best Sacred Performance – "Whispering Hope" (with Nat Stuckey)	Nominated	[64]
1972	Music City News Awards	Top Female Vocaliser	Nominated	[64]
	State Music Association	Female Vocalist of the Twelvemonth	Nominated	[64]
1974	Grammy Awards	Best Inspirational Performance – "All the Praises"	Nominated	[64]
	Music City News Awards	Top Female Vocalist	Nominated	[64]
1975	Music Urban center News Awards	Meridian Female Vocalist	Nominated	[64]
1976	Grammy Awards	All-time Gospel Performance – Connie Smith Sings Hank Williams Gospel	Nominated	[64]
1979	Music City News Awards	Gospel Group/Act of the Year	Won	[66]
2002	State Music Tv set	40 Greatest Women of Country Music – Rank (#9)	Won	[67]
2007	Country Universe	100 Greatest Women – Rank (#24)	Won	[68]
2010	Grammy Awards	Best Country Collaboration with Vocals – "Run to You lot" (with Marty Stuart)	Nominated	[69]
2012	Country Music Association	Country Music Hall of Fame induction	Won	[70]
2017	Rolling Stone	100 Greatest Country Artists of All Time – Rank (#69)	Won	[71]

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Footnotes

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8. ^ ^{a b} Escott, Born to Sing, p. 17.
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21. ^ ^{a b} Escott, Born to Sing, pg. 24.
22. ^ ^{a b c d} Escott, Built-in to Sing, p. 28.
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41. ^ Mueller, Andrew. "Smith'southward outset LP since 1998, both classic and classicist in experience". BBC . Retrieved May 22, 2021.
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44. ^ "Spirits Of Marty Stuart And Connie Smith Finally Unite (get-go appeared in a press of Country Weekly in 1997)". Marty Stuart.com. Retrieved Baronial 16, 2010.
45. ^ Gallagher, Pat (July viii, 2010). "Connie Smith and Marty Stuart Offer Marriage Tips". TheBoot.com. The Kicking. Retrieved August 16, 2010.
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50. ^ ^{a b} Oermann & Bufwack 2003, p. 292.
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56. ^ Morris, Edward. "Garth Brooks, Connie Smith Named to Country Music Hall of Fame". Country Music Television . Retrieved May 23, 2021.
57. ^ Thanki, Juli. "Connie Smith celebrates 50 years with Grand Ole Opry". The Tennessean . Retrieved May 23, 2021.
58. ^ Johnston, Maura. "100 Greatest Country Artists of All Time (Lynn Anderson)". Rolling Rock . Retrieved June 25, 2020.
59. ^ "National Recording Registry Adds 'Rhythm Nation' Amongst 25 New Selections". Library of Congress . Retrieved May 23, 2021.
60. ^ "Marty Stuart To Honor His Married woman Connie Smith In New Television Production". Noise 11 . Retrieved May 23, 2021.
61. ^ ^{a b c d} Oermann & Bufwack 2003, p. 294.
62. ^ "Sight and Audio". Academy of California. ix (7–12): 45. 1999.
63. ^ ^{a b c d e f one thousand h i j thousand l m n o p q r s t u five w ten y z aa ab ac advertisement ae} Escott, Colin, Born to Sing, p. 36.
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66. ^ "CMT's twoscore Greatest Women of Country Music". Am I Annoying. Retrieved Baronial 17, 2010.
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Bibliography

• Escott, Colin (2001), Born to Sing [box prepare], Deport Family Records, ISBN3-89795-770-1
• Oermann, Robert Grand.; Bufwack, Mary A. (2003). Finding Her Voice: Women in Country Music: 1800–2000 . Nashville, TN: The Country Music Press & Vanderbilt University Press. ISBN0-8265-1432-4.

External links [edit]

• Connie Smith at IMDb
• Connie Smith at the K Ole Opry's website
• Connie Smith Discography at Slipcue.com
• August xx, 2021, With Her 54th Album, Connie Smith Re-Affirms That She 'Is' Land Music, All Things Considered interview with Ailsa Chang

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