That’s what I used to do. Connie was one of fourteen children. Desperately poor (the shoes she wore to high school graduation were bought with money taken up in a class collection), her family ...

Dolly Parton once said, “There’s really only three female singers in the world: Streisand, Ronstadt and Connie Smith ... respite from a less-than-ideal childhood came from hours spent ...

At 5 years old, Connie Smith looked around her West ... It spent eight weeks atop the country charts. That summer, Smith made good on her childhood proclamation and appeared on the “Opry ...

Armstrong fondly remembered “The Saints” from his childhood in New Orleans ... “Once a Day,” Connie Smith (1964) Smith has been called one of the most underrated vocalists in country ...

At 5 years old, Connie Smith looked around her West ... It spent eight weeks atop the country charts. That summer, Smith made good on her childhood proclamation and appeared on the "Opry" for ...