Carl Smith是一位在20世纪50年代—60年代广受欢迎的乡村歌手，在那个年代曾名噪一时。他的第一个妻子，就是后来嫁给了著名乡村歌手Johnny Cash的June Carter。Carl Smith于2003年入选乡村音乐名人堂 Known as Mr. Country, Carl Smith was one of the most popular honky tonkers of the 50s, racking up over 30 Top Ten hits over the course of the decade. Smith was also able to sustain that popularity into the late 70s, during which time he had a charting single for every year except one. Smith had a talent for singing smooth ballads which polished the rough edges of hardcore country. Nevertheless, he could sing pure honky tonk with the best of them, and his hardest country was made tougher by the addition of a drum kit. Smith was one of the very first country artists to regularly perform with a drummer, and though it earned him criticism at the time, the hard-driving sound of those up-tempo numbers proved to be influential. Smith also occasionally dabbled in Weste...