![]() He graduated from high school and enlisted in the navy in 1945, serving until August 1946. ![]() At 17 he got a summer job performing on Knoxville radio station WROL. Smith took up the guitar in his youth and first played in public at an amateur contest when he was 13. Smith was one of the most successful country singers of the 1950s, performing in a variety of styles, from honkytonk to ballads and even rockabilly his biggest hits among the 93 recordings he placed in the country charts between 19 were “Let Old Mother Nature Have Her Way,” “(When You Feel Like You’re in Love) Don’t Just Stand There,” and “Hey Joe!” Smith, Carl (M.), American country singer and guitarist b.
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