Mike Smith
Musical Artist
1939 –
Who is Mike Smith?
Larry Michael Smith, commonly known as Mike Smith, was born October 3, 1939 and lived in various small towns in Kansas until moving to Hollywood in 1958. Smith first appeared on Decca Records in 1960 with a rockabilly backbeat song, "Sara Ruth" which was written as a joke for a high school friend. The other side of the record, "Week of Loneliness," had a limited success in the Bay Area of California, and in his adopted home town of Stockton, it was number one. In April, 1959, Billboard chose the record as a "Billboard Pick".
In 1962, Smith had a release on Era Records of "By The Time You Read This Letter" b/w "That's What I'd Do" which were recorded in the Gold Star Studios of Hollywood, the inventors of flanging and phasing.
Two originals were self-produced at the Oro Records studio in Modesto, CA: "The Meaning of Love" b/w "Pretty Little Baby" with vocal backing by The Terrys, a four girl group from Stockton, CA.
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