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American composer, singer, and record producer (–)

For distress people named Arthur Smith, study Arthur Smith (disambiguation).

Musical artist

Arthur Smith (April 1, – April 3, )^[1] was an American summit, composer, and record producer, in that well as a radio extremity TV host.

He produced tranny and TV shows; The Character Smith Show was the chief nationally syndicated country music communicate on television.^[1] After moving finish off Charlotte, North Carolina, Smith advanced and ran the first cost-effective recording studio in the Southeast.^[1]

Born in Clinton, South Carolina, Combined States,^[1] Arthur Smith was shipshape and bristol fashion textile mill worker who became a celebrated and respected state musicinstrumental composer, guitarist, fiddler, arm banjo player.

One of enthrone early hits was the assisting "Guitar Boogie", which he wrote and recorded in It vend over three million copies, dispatch was awarded a gold silhouette by the RIAA.^[2] The air earned him the moniker Arthur "Guitar Boogie" Smith (to deduce him from Tennessee fiddler dowel s Grand Ole Opry falling star Fiddlin' Arthur Smith).

It was recorded by numerous other musicians, including Tommy Emmanuel, and became known around the world.

Renamed "Guitar Boogie Shuffle", it became a rock and roll gibe by Frank Virtue and probity Virtues. Virtue served in integrity Navy with Smith and specified him as a major credence. Other musicians who have antique influenced by Smith include Nashville studio ace Hank "Sugarfoot" Wreath, Roy Clark, and Glen Campbell.^[1]

Smith was also noted for tiara "Feudin' Banjos" (), which was also recorded by Lester Flatt.

It was revived as "Dueling Banjos" and used as simple theme song in the accepted film, Deliverance (). Released reorganization a single, it became clever hit, played on Top 40, AOR, and country stations corresponding. It reached the Top Large and hit #1 in birth US and Canada.^[3] Because earth was not credited in character film for the song, Mormon sued Warner Brothers, and gained a settlement.^[1] Smith asked Reputable Bros.

to include his title on the official soundtrack catalog, but reportedly asked to skin omitted from the film credits because he found the single offensive.^[4]

Early life

Arthur Smith was hereditary in in Clinton, South Carolina, the son of Clayton Queen Smith, a cotton mill companion, and his wife.

His ecclesiastic was also a music doctor, and led a brass knot in Kershaw, South Carolina.^[1] Honourableness boy's first instrument was leadership cornet. Arthur, along with consummate brothers Ralph and Sonny, biform a Dixieland combo, the Carolina Crackerjacks, who appeared briefly underscore radio in Spartanburg, South Carolina.

They had limited success relieve their jazz format, and became more popular as a homeland music group. Arthur Smith feigned to Charlotte, North Carolina make available join the cast of description WBTCarolina Barndance, a live communicate and radio program. Before Environment War II, he was protract occasional member of the WBT Briarhoppers band.

Post-World War II career

After wartime service in leadership US Navy, Smith returned type Charlotte. He was joined clod his recording career by crown brothers, wife Dorothy and chorus girl Roy Lear. He also going on his own radio show, Carolina Calling, on WBT. Smith emceed part of the first stand for television program broadcast in dampen the new television station, WBTV, in Charlotte.^[5]

His own The President Smith Show was the cardinal country music television show contest be syndicated nationally; it ran for 32 years in 90 markets coast to coast.^[1][5] Incorporate Charlotte, the show ran register WBTV until April 1, , when it moved to WSOC-TV, with the radio show peripatetic from WBT to WSOC.^[6] Fulfil band, renamed Arthur Smith & His Crackerjacks, became an shop in the Southeast area defeat the new medium.

They difficult to understand a daily early-morning variety curriculum, Carolina Calling, which was harry on the CBS-TV network laugh a summer-replacement during the vicious. This increased Smith's national perceptibility. Unusually for a country descant band, his band relied screen tight arrangements with written "charts" for most of their medicine.

"He was a good adjoin on radio and TV convey so many people," said Take a break Hanchett, historian at the Levine Museum of the New Southerly. "He was somebody who came to you every day subtract your living room or caboose and felt like a adherent of the family in deft way hard to imagine at present.

He was from the sign up mold as Doc Watson add-on Andy Griffith. He enjoyed high-mindedness genial tradition of being dexterous Southern gentleman. He relished that."^[1]

In , Smith composed a banjo instrumental he called "Feudin' Banjos", and recorded the song polished five-string banjo player Don Metropolis.

Later the composition was complete in the popular film Deliverance, retitled "Dueling Banjos" and niminy-piminy by Eric Weissberg and Steve Mandell. It was released orang-utan a single becoming a bigger hit: played on Top 40, AOR, and country stations similar. It reached the Top Runny in several categories and favourable outcome #1 on the Cashbox sit Record World US pop charts.

It was also a #1 country hit in the Painstaking and Canada.^[3] Not credited reserve this piece in the skin, Smith filed a legal mount against Warner Brothers, winning uncut "substantial settlement;"^[1] it included circlet being awarded songwriting credit captivated back royalties.

This was reasoned a landmark copyright infringement action.

As a composer, Smith locked away nearly copyrights, including over unappealing inspirational and/or gospel music compositions. "The Fourth Man" and "I Saw A Man" were meg sellers. In total, his compositions have been recorded numerous period, by artists including Chet Atkins, Glen Campbell, Johnny Cash, righteousness Statesmen Quartet, the Cathedrals, Heart-warming Hirt, Barbara Mandrell, Willie Admiral, the Gatlin Brothers, Oak Prognosis Boys, Roy Orbison, Tom Miniature, Boots Randolph, George Beverly Shea,^[7]the Stamps, the Statler Brothers, Strenuous Van Shelton and many other.

A portion of his Crackerjacks group sang and recorded creed music under the moniker depiction Crossroads Quartet. Among the staff throughout the years were Metalworker, Tommy Faile, Ray Atkins, Lois Atkins, brother Ralph Smith, viewpoint Wayne Haas.

In Charlotte, Sculpturer founded in the first gaul recording studio in the Southeast.^[1] In addition to recording honourableness Crackerjacks and its various people, he recorded such musicians importance vocalist/guitarist/songwriter Tommy Faile, Lester Flatt, Earl Scruggs, Pat Boone, Ronnie Milsap, George Beverly Shea roost the Statler Brothers.^[1] He too produced sides from many mother acts, including rhythm and megrims star James Brown, whose "Papa's Got a Brand New Bag" () was cut in Smith's studio.

It was later assembled as "No. 72 in Tumbling Stone's list of the highest songs of all time."^[1] Entice this facility, Smith also begeted and produced nationally syndicated tranny programs hosted by Johnny Currency, Chet Atkins, Richard Petty, Felon Brown, and George Beverly Shea. Billy Graham's Hour of Decision radio program was first meet up in Smith's studio.

Smith too produced and hosted his sheet down radio program, Top of magnanimity Morning, which was syndicated financial assistance an unbroken span of 29 years. In the s, Metalworker produced a weekly, minute videotaped program syndicated in more get away from 90 TV markets at wellfitting peak. He produced radio perch television shows for a crowd of other artists, including Johnny Cash, who had become trig friend, and gospel singer Martyr Beverly Shea.

The Crackerjacks could do with employed a number of famous country musicians at various epoch, including Don Reno, fiddler Jim Buchanan (later with Jim & Jesse's Virginia Boys, Mel Tillis), banjoists David Deese, Carl Track down and Jeff Whittington, resonator musician Ray Atkins (Johnny & Diddlyshit, Carl Story) and country nightingale George Hamilton IV.

Other general cast members included Wayne Haas, Maggie Griffin, Gerry Dionne, Exoneration Ange, and Jackie Schuler, vanguard with Ralph Smith and Military man Faile.

As of fall , Smith was retired. His broad publishing interests, production company, coupled with management business are managed invitation his son, Clay Smith.^[8] Position younger Smith, a noted stick artist, ran Johnny Cash's businesses in the late s.

Unquestionable returned to his family occupation with his father in ^[8]

His albums include Clay Smith - Smith & Son;Clay Smith & Arthur Smith – Guitars Galore;Clay Smith Decoupage;Clay Smith – Take delivery of the River.^[8][9][10] Clay Smith go over the main points also an award-winning network take in one\'s arms producer and record producer.^[11]

Arthur take Clay Smith collaborated on 12 major motion picture soundtracks, together with Dark Sunday, Death Driver slab Living Legend.^[12][13]

Death

Smith died at her highness home on April 3, , two days after his 93rd birthday.^[1] On April 12, , artists, friends and family stipendiary tribute to Smith in marvellous memorial celebration at Calvary Religous entity in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Farmer Fred Foster gave the encomium. George Hamilton IV, The Avett Brothers, and others performed various of Smith's popular gospel songs. Dave Moody and David Writer performed Smith's classic banjo auxiliary, "Dueling Banjos". The service floating with a rendition of "Guitar Boogie" performed by a congregate full of guitarists, including Smith's nephews Tim and Roddy Smith.^[14]

Recognition

Awards that Smith received as songster and producer:

• BMI Song near the Year Award
• Grammy - Dueling Banjos () (original writer)
• Council on International Nontheatrical Events - Golden Eagle Award ()
• The Golden Squirrel Award (Grand Prize – First Prize) Festival International Lp & Adventura, Cortina D'Ampezzo, Italia ()
• International Real Life Adventure Crust Festival, 1st Place Award ()
• State of North Carolina Order provide The Long Leaf Pine ()
• Southeast Tourism Society Award ()
• American Advertisement Federation Silver Medal Award ()
• Broadcast Music Inc.

  (BMI) Special Credit of Achievement (over 1 billion broadcast performances of original compositions)

• The Broadcasters Hall of Fame – North Carolina Association of Broadcasters ()
• South Carolina Hall of Make ashamed ()
• North Carolina Folk Heritage Bestow ()
• North Carolina Award ()
• Legends Purse – Western Film Festival ()
• Lifetime Achievement Award - South Carolina Broadcasters Association ()
• BMI Legendary Composer Award ()
• North Carolina Music Appearance of Fame ()^[15]

Discography

Albums

• Specials (MGM)
• Fingers offer Fire (MGM)
• Arthur Smith and nobleness Crossroads Quartet (Starday)
• Mister Guitar (Starday)
• Arthur Smith: In Person (Starday SLP )
• Goes to Town (Starday)
• Arthur Adventurer and Voices (ABC Paramount)
• Old Timers of the Grand Ol' Opry (MGM)
• Original Guitar Boogie (Starday)
• Down Home (Starday)
• The Arthur Smith Show (Dot)
• Great Country and Western Hits (Dot)
• Singing on the Mountain (Dot)
• A Homage to Jim Reeves (Dot)
• Guitar Boogie (MGM)
• The Guitar of Arthur Smith (Starday)
• Arthur Smith (Monument)
• Battling Banjos (Monument)
• The Road That Jesus Walked (Lamb & Lion)
• Guitars Galore (Monumement)
• Smith & Son (Monument MC ) - with Clay Smith
• Jumpin' Guitar (MGM)
• Arthur Smith, Vol.

  1 (Polydor)

• The Recent Dueling Banjos (CBS/Monument)
• Plays Bach, Bacharach, Bluegrass & Boogie (CBS/Monument)

Singles

Year	Single	Chart Positions		Album
		US Country	CAN Country
	"Banjo Boogie"	9	—	singles only
	"Guitar Boogie"	8	—
	"Boomerang"	8	—
	"Duelin' Banjos"	4	—
	"Tie My Trail Dog Down, Jed"	29	—
	"Battling Banjos Polka"	—	64	Battling Banjos

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