Connie Smith
USA
Born: 14 August 1941
Years Active: 60, 70, 80, 90, 2000
Genres: Country
Styles: Country-Pop, Traditional Country, Nashville Sound/Countrypolitan, Country Gospel
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In less than a year, Connie Smith moved from being a small-town Ohio housewife to country stardom with a number one single to her credit. Perhaps overly compared to and identified with Patsy Cline, Smith is still considered by many to be one of the best and most underrated vocalists in country history. Her lonely desperation came straight from the heart, also: Her father was abusive when she was a child, causing Smith to suffer a mental breakdown while she was in her teens. Smith was born Constance Meadows on August 14, 1941, in Elkhart, IN, bu...
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