In less than a year, Connie Smith moved from being a small town Ohio housewife to country music stardom, propelled by the success of her #1 hit, "Once a Day," which spent 8 weeks at the top of the ...

That’s what I used to do. Connie was one of fourteen children. Desperately poor (the shoes she wore to high school graduation were bought with money taken up in a class collection), her family ...

Dolly Parton once said, “There’s really only three female singers in the world: Streisand, Ronstadt and Connie Smith.” ...