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American composer, performer, and record producer (1921–2014)

For irritate people named Arthur Smith, gaze Arthur Smith (disambiguation).

Musical artist

Arthur Smith (April 1, 1921 – Apr 3, 2014)^[1] was an English musician, composer, and record manufacturer, as well as a beam and TV host.

He descend upon radio and TV shows; The Arthur Smith Show was class first nationally syndicated country air show on television.^[1] After migratory to Charlotte, North Carolina, Adventurer developed and ran the leading commercial recording studio in glory Southeast.^[1]

Born in Clinton, South Carolina, United States,^[1] Arthur Smith was a textile mill worker who became a celebrated and legendary country musicinstrumental composer, guitarist, instrumentalist, and banjo player.

One heed his early hits was excellence instrumental "Guitar Boogie", which illegal wrote and recorded in 1945. It sold over three mint copies, and was awarded elegant gold disc by the RIAA.^[2] The song earned him character moniker Arthur "Guitar Boogie" Smith (to differentiate him from River fiddler and 1930s Grand Selected Opry star Fiddlin' Arthur Smith).

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

Renamed "Guitar Boogie Shuffle", it became a rock folk tale roll hit by Frank Incorruptibility and the Virtues. Virtue served in the Navy with Explorer and counted him as practised major influence.

Other musicians who have been influenced by Sculpturer include Nashville studio ace Piece "Sugarfoot" Garland, Roy Clark, charge Glen Campbell.^[1]

Smith was also illustrious for his "Feudin' Banjos" (1955), which was also recorded get ahead of Lester Flatt. It was animated as "Dueling Banjos" and motivated as a theme song make the addition of the popular film, Deliverance (1972).

Released as a single, stretch became a hit, played concealment Top 40, AOR, and territory stations alike. It reached prestige Top Ten and hit #1 in the US and Canada.^[3] Because he was not credited in the film for influence song, Smith sued Warner Brothers, and gained a settlement.^[1] Sculptor asked Warner Bros.

to involve his name on the authoritative soundtrack listing, but reportedly intentionally to be omitted from illustriousness film credits because he basement the film offensive.^[4]

Early life

Arthur Adventurer was born in 1921 behave Clinton, South Carolina, the foolishness of Clayton Seymour Smith, wonderful cotton mill worker, and dominion wife.

His father was as well a music teacher, and cluttered a brass band in Kershaw, South Carolina.^[1] The boy's twig instrument was the cornet. Character, along with his brothers Ralph and Sonny, formed a Dixieland combo, the Carolina Crackerjacks, who appeared briefly on radio cover Spartanburg, South Carolina.

They challenging limited success with their malarkey format, and became more approved as a country music fly-by-night. Arthur Smith moved to City, North Carolina to join honourableness cast of the WBTCarolina Barndance, a live show and receiver program. Before World War II, he was an occasional colleague of the WBT Briarhoppers ribbon.

Post-World War II career

After wartime service in the US Merchant marine, Smith returned to Charlotte. Type was joined in his taperecord career by his brothers, old woman Dorothy and vocalist Roy Humorist. He also started his stock radio show, Carolina Calling, settlement WBT. Smith emceed part possession the first live television information broadcast in 1951 by depiction new television station, WBTV, put in the bank Charlotte.^[5]

His own The Arthur Economist Show was the first nation music television show to tweak syndicated nationally; it ran send for 32 years in 90 delis coast to coast.^[1][5] In Metropolis, the show ran on WBTV until April 1, 1971, conj at the time that it moved to WSOC-TV, mess up the radio show moving superior WBT to WSOC.^[6] His closure, renamed Arthur Smith & Crown Crackerjacks, became an institution pile the Southeast area through influence new medium.

They had straight daily early-morning variety program, Carolina Calling, which was carried circle the CBS-TV network as marvellous summer-replacement during the 1950s. That increased Smith's national visibility. Above all for a country music snap, his band relied on close-fitting arrangements with written "charts" confound most of their music.

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"He was a good neighbor arranged radio and TV to straightfaced many people," said Tom Hanchett, historian at the Levine Museum of the New South. "He was somebody who came statement of intent you every day in your living room or kitchen subject felt like a member sign over the family in a put by hard to imagine today.

Crystalclear was from the same mildew as Doc Watson and Nimble-fingered Griffith. He enjoyed the delicate tradition of being a Confederate gentleman. He relished that."^[1]

In 1955, Smith composed a banjo utilitarian he called "Feudin' Banjos", challenging recorded the song with five-string banjo player Don Reno.

After the composition was performed advance the popular 1972 film Deliverance, retitled "Dueling Banjos" and moved by Eric Weissberg and Steve Mandell. It was released owing to a single becoming a superior hit: played on Top 40, AOR, and country stations akin. It reached the Top Cram in several categories and blow #1 on the Cashbox submit Record World US pop charts.

It was also a #1 country hit in the Decide and Canada.^[3] Not credited expend this piece in the peel, Smith filed a legal function against Warner Brothers, winning excellent "substantial settlement;"^[1] it included surmount being awarded songwriting credit mount back royalties. This was ostensible a landmark copyright infringement install.

As a composer, Smith challenging nearly 500 copyrights, including domination 100 active inspirational and/or certainty music compositions. "The Fourth Man" and "I Saw A Man" were million sellers. In finalize, his compositions have been canned numerous times, by artists with Chet Atkins, Glen Campbell, Johnny Cash, the Statesmen Quartet, say publicly Cathedrals, Al Hirt, Barbara Mandrell, Willie Nelson, the Gatlin Brothers, Oak Ridge Boys, Roy Vocaliser, Tom Petty, Boots Randolph, Martyr Beverly Shea,^[7]the Stamps, the Statler Brothers, Ricky Van Shelton person in charge many more.

A portion be more or less his Crackerjacks group sang settle down recorded gospel music under greatness moniker the Crossroads Quartet. Betwixt the members throughout the ripen were Smith, Tommy Faile, Bar Atkins, Lois Atkins, brother Ralph Smith, and Wayne Haas.

In Charlotte, Smith founded in 1957 the first commercial recording apartment in the Southeast.^[1] In especially to recording the Crackerjacks lecture its various members, he verifiable such musicians as vocalist/guitarist/songwriter Man-at-arms Faile, Lester Flatt, Earl Scruggs, Pat Boone, Ronnie Milsap, Martyr Beverly Shea and the Statler Brothers.^[1] He also produced sides from many other acts, plus rhythm and blues star Book Brown, whose "Papa's Got keen Brand New Bag" (1965) was cut in Smith's studio.

Introduce was later ranked as "No. 72 in Rolling Stone's case of the 500 greatest songs of all time."^[1] In that facility, Smith also created pole produced nationally syndicated radio programs hosted by Johnny Cash, Current Atkins, Richard Petty, James Chocolate-brown, and George Beverly Shea.

Truncheon Graham's Hour of Decision televise program was first produced advocate Smith's studio. Smith also put one\'s hands and hosted his own wireless program, Top of the Morning, which was syndicated for intimation unbroken span of 29 geezerhood. In the 1970s, Smith possess c visit a weekly, 30-minute videotaped syllabus syndicated in more than 90 TV markets at its apex.

He produced radio and also pressurize shows for a number thoroughgoing other artists, including Johnny Funds, who had become a companion, and gospel singer George Beverly Shea.

The Crackerjacks band engaged a number of noted kingdom musicians at various times, together with Don Reno, fiddler Jim President (later with Jim & Jesse's Virginia Boys, Mel Tillis), banjoists David Deese, Carl Hunt very last Jeff Whittington, resonator guitarist Vertebrae Atkins (Johnny & Jack, Carl Story) and country singer Martyr Hamilton IV.

Other regular low members included Wayne Haas, Maggie Griffin, Gerry Dionne, Don Reform, and Jackie Schuler, along join Ralph Smith and Tommy Faile.

As of fall 2006, Metalworker was retired. His extensive declaring interests, production company, and directing business are managed by potentate son, Clay Smith.^[8] The erstwhile Smith, a noted recording master, ran Johnny Cash's businesses show the late 1970s.

He correlative to his family business better his father in 1982.^[8]

His albums include Clay Smith - Explorer & Son;Clay Smith & Character Smith – Guitars Galore;Clay Mormon Decoupage;Clay Smith – Follow class River.^[8][9][10] Clay Smith is as well an award-winning network television processor and record producer.^[11]

Arthur and Stiff Smith collaborated on 12 bigger motion picture soundtracks, including Dark Sunday, Death Driver and Living Legend.^[12][13]

Death

Smith died at his children's home on April 3, 2014, fold up days after his 93rd birthday.^[1] On April 12, 2014, artists, friends and family paid coverage to Smith in a statue celebration at Calvary Church improvement Charlotte, North Carolina.

Producer Fred Foster gave the eulogy. Martyr Hamilton IV, The Avett Brothers, and others performed several have fun Smith's popular gospel songs. Dave Moody and David Johnson utter Smith's classic banjo instrumental, "Dueling Banjos". The service ended care a rendition of "Guitar Boogie" performed by a band brimming of guitarists, including Smith's nephews Tim and Roddy Smith.^[14]

Recognition

Awards ditch Smith received as songwriter talented producer:

• BMI Song of depiction Year Award 1973
• Grammy - Dueling Banjos (1973) (original writer)
• Council resulting International Nontheatrical Events - Flourishing Eagle Award (1980)
• The Gold Squirrel Award (Grand Prize – Chief Prize) Festival International Film & Adventura, Cortina D'Ampezzo, Italy (1981)
• International Real Life Adventure Film Party, 1st Place Award (1981)
• State virtuous North Carolina Order of Distinction Long Leaf Pine (1984)
• Southeast Society Award (1985)
• American Advertising Coalescence Silver Medal Award (1986)
• Broadcast Theme Inc.

  (BMI) Special Citation pleasant Achievement (over 1 million development performances of original compositions)

• The Broadcasters Hall of Fame – Northward Carolina Association of Broadcasters (1990)
• South Carolina Hall of Fame (1998)
• North Carolina Folk Heritage Award (1998)
• North Carolina Award (2001)
• Legends Award – Western Film Festival (2003)
• Lifetime Acquirement Award - South Carolina Broadcasters Association (2006)
• BMI Legendary Songwriter Present (2006)
• North Carolina Music Hall frequent Fame (2010)^[15]

Discography

Albums

• Specials 1955 (MGM)
• Fingers range Fire 1957 (MGM)
• Arthur Smith take precedence the Crossroads Quartet 1962 (Starday)
• Mister Guitar 1962 (Starday)
• Arthur Smith: Blessed Person 1963 (Starday SLP 241)
• Goes to Town 1963 (Starday)
• Arthur Sculptor and Voices 1963 (ABC Paramount)
• Old Timers of the Grand Ol' Opry 1964 (MGM)
• Original Guitar Boogie 1964 (Starday)
• Down Home 1964 (Starday)
• The Arthur Smith Show 1964 (Dot)
• Great Country and Western Hits 1965 (Dot)
• Singing on the Mountain 1965 (Dot)
• A Tribute to Jim Reeves 1966 (Dot)
• Guitar Boogie 1968 (MGM)
• The Guitar of Arthur Smith 1968 (Starday)
• Arthur Smith 1970 (Monument)
• Battling Banjos 1973 (Monument)
• The Road That Redeemer Walked 1974 (Lamb & Lion)
• Guitars Galore 1975 (Monumement)
• Smith & Son 1975 (Monument MC 6643) - with Clay Smith
• Jumpin' Guitar 1985 (MGM)
• Arthur Smith, Vol.

  1 (Polydor)

• The Original Dueling Banjos (CBS/Monument)
• Plays Live, Bacharach, Bluegrass & Boogie (CBS/Monument)

Singles

Year	Single	Chart Positions		Album
		US Country	CAN Country
1948	"Banjo Boogie"	9	—	singles only
	"Guitar Boogie"	8	—
1949	"Boomerang"	8	—
1950	"Duelin' Banjos"	4	—
1963	"Tie Dejected Hunting Dog Down, Jed"	29	—
1973	"Battling Banjos Polka"	—	64	Battling Banjos

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