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The basics
Quick facts
Intro
American singer
Gender:
Male
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Birth:
25 June 1918(Glendale, Los Angeles County, California, U.S.A.)
Death:
4 December 1979
The details
Biography
Ray Smith (June 25, 1918 – December 4, 1979) was an American country music artist.
Born in Glendale, California, Smith began playing guitar at age eight. He joined a traveling rodeo show as a musician, and then took a job performing for radio station WMCA in New York City. He performed locally with a trio in New York, and also worked in Boston on WCOP's Hayloft Jamboree.
While in New York he was offered a contract recording with Columbia Records, and went on to record for London, and Coral as well. He also appeared on Dumont Television.
He died in 1979 at age 61.