During that show and during a show a few months later in Canton, Ohio, Opry singer Bill Anderson was so impressed with her that he invited her to come to Nashville and record some demos. She sang at local events as well as on regional television programs, even after becoming a young housewife and mother in the early 1960s.Īs part of winning a talent competition in August 1963, she won the chance to perform with stars from the Grand Ole Opry at a show in Columbus, Ohio. While growing up, she developed a great love of music-not only of such country singers as Kitty Wells and Jean Shepard, but also of the renowned jazz stylists Sarah Vaughn and Nancy Wilson. Despite the financial struggles of her family, she applied herself at school and graduated as salutatorian of her high-school class. Connie grew up in West Virginia and Ohio in a large family of 14 brothers and sisters. When Connie was a little girl, her mother divorced her abusive father and remarried. This influence, as well as her artistic accomplishments, were recognized with her induction into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2012.Ĭonstance June Meador was born in Elkhart, Indiana, on August 14, 1941. She has been influencing other artists since launching her own recording career in Nashville in the early 1960s. A great image of the beautiful Connie Smith taken in the early 60’s.Ĭonnie Smith is a singer’s singer-a veteran country music performer whose distinctive phrasing, wide range, and powerful delivery are widely admired by fellow performers ranging from Dolly Parton to Merle Haggard to Keith Richards.
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