Ray Smith

amerikanischer Rockabilly-Musiker

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Works: 115

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Homes of yesterday
Yesterdays
The greening tree
Watercolor landscape
An Introduction to Watercolour

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Type: Person
Gender: Male
Country: United States
Active from: 1934
Active to: 1979

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Total plays: 417,537

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Ray Smith, born October 30, 1934, died November 29, 1979 (suicide) birthplace Melber, Kentucky. Raised in Paducah, Kentucky, Ray Smith was taught piano at an early age and performed cowboy songs in school. As a teen he was a moonshine bootlegger with his brother-in-law and also worked for Coca-Cola. After a stint in the Air Force, Ray decided to jump on the burgeoning new rock and roll bandwagon, even though he admitted later that at first he hated rock and roll and his main influence was not El

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Instance of: human
Family name: Smith
Gender: male
Citizenship: United States
Place of death: Burlington
Occupation: songwriter
Genre: rock and roll
Instrument: voice
Official website: www.rockabillyhall.com/RaySmith.html
Image: RaySmith.jpg

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date of birth: 1934-10-30
date of death: 1979-11-29
manner of death: Suicide
start of work period: 1956-00-00
different from: Ray Smith

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Raymond Eugene Smith (* 31. Oktober 1934 in , Kentucky; † 29. November 1979 in Burlington, Ontario), auch Rockin’ Ray Smith genannt, war ein amerikanischer Rockabilly-Musiker.

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