At age 15, he started performing in a band called Kitty Dibble and Her Dude Ranch Ranglers. He mowed neighbors’ lawns to pay for guitar lessons as a teenager.
He is a member of the Country Music Hall of Fame.Ī native of Maynardville, Tennessee, Carl Smith aspired to a musical career after hearing the Grand Ole Opry on the radio. Smith’s success continued well into the 1970s, when he had a charting single every year except one. He was one of country’s most successful male artists during the 1950s, with 30 Top 10 Billboard hits, including 21 in a row. Known as “Mister Country,” Smith was the husband of June Carter and Goldie Hill, the drinking companion of Johnny Cash, and the father of Carlene Carter. Carl Milton Smith was an American country music singer.
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