SMITH, CARL
(*1927)
SMITH, CARL (b. Maynardville, Tenn., March 15, 1927) Carl Smith was an influential country singer of the 1950s and 1960s who modernized the HONKY-TONK sound of HANK WILLIAMS for another generation. Smith came from the town that gave country music ROY ACUFF , and his sound originally was heavily influenced by the elder musician, as well as by EDDY ARNOLD. He got his first break on radio station WROL in Knoxville after World War II, and then was hired for the WSM morning show in Nashville in…