The Smith Brothers

The Smith Brothers were active both in gospel and country music for over 25 years, and in addition appeared in several Westerns through the ’40s. John Onvia Smith and Aubrey Lee Smith had been both born within the mountains of East Tennessee. They shaped their 1st string band if they had been kids, and aspired to be nation music performers. In 1938, they got employment in a Cincinnati radio train station, where they fulfilled Milton “Ace” Richman. The three males teamed up and shifted to Columbus, where they caused Hank Newman’s Georgia Crackers. In 1940, they visited Charleston, SC and sang Traditional western music because the Crimson River Rangers. They finally resolved in Atlanta and had been became a member of by Eddie Wallace. They billed themselves because the Sunlight Young boys Quartet and sang a multitude of tracks which range from gospel to Traditional western golf swing to barbershop at assorted Atlanta r / c. During the middle-’40s, they visited Hollywood periodically to surface in films featuring cowboy celebrities like Lash La Rue, Charles Starrett, and Eddie Dean. In addition they recorded an individual as the Sunlight Young boys. The Smith Brothers worked well primarily like a duo after 1948 and made an appearance on the daily 75-minute system in Atlanta for nine years; in addition they got a 15-minute gospel display called Camp Interacting with. Like a duo, they produced their documenting debut in 1951 using the tearjerker “Happy Birthday in Heaven.” 2 yrs later, they authorized to Capitol like a gospel duo. Amongst their best-known tracks had been “I’VE But One Objective,” “Employed in God’s Manufacturer,” and “God’s Rocket Dispatch.” The Smiths later on shifted to Pittsburgh, showing up on WWVA’s Wheeling Jamboree on Sunday nights. They continuing on at additional stations and produced one recording for the Sing label before retiring from music in 1965.