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Somethin' Smith and the Redheads

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Albums
  
Come To Broadway

Genres
  
Jazz, Rock, Pop

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Somethin smith and the redheads when all the streets are dark 1955


Somethin' Smith and the Redheads were an American vocal group, doing mostly pop standards in the 1950s. Their biggest hit single was "It's a Sin to Tell a Lie" in 1955, which reached #7 in the Billboard Hot 100 chart. The following year they reached #27 with their cover version of "In a Shanty in Old Shanty Town". Both releases were issued on the Epic Records label.

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The group consisted of Smith (Robert H. (Red) Robinson) (vocals, banjo, and guitar), Saul Striks (December 8, 1924 - c. December 1979) (piano) and Major C. Short (Double Bass).

Minor chart records included "Heartaches", "Ace In The Hole", and "You Always Hurt The One You Love". In 1961, they recorded their final album for the MGM label, which also resulted in one final single being released from the album.

The trio parted ways in 1966. Saul Striks began a new group called the Saloonatics with himself on piano and Ralph J. Guenther on bass and banjo.

Striks died from a heart attack in December 1979 at either 54 or 55 years old. Robinson is also dead. Short currently lives in Hilton Head Island, South Carolina.

Somethin smith and the redheads heartaches


Songs

HeartachesThe Very Best Of · 2011
My Baby Just Cares for Me1958
My Melancholy BabyThe Very Best Of · 2011

References

Somethin' Smith and the Redheads Wikipedia


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