Ralph Anthony Smith is an American singer, songwriter and record producer. As a Nashville recording artist, Smith's debut album, ''
If That Ain't Country'', on
Mercury Records Nashville
Universal Music Group Nashville is Universal Music Group's country music subsidiary. Some of the labels in this group include MCA Nashville Records, Mercury Nashville Records, Lost Highway Records, Capitol Records Nashville and EMI Records Nashv ...
. Produced three Top 40 singles on the ''
Billboard'' Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now
Hot Country Songs) charts.
As a songwriter Smith has had over 250 songs recorded by other Nashville recording artist Such as George Strait, Blake Shelton, Tim McGraw, Rascal Flatts, Trace Adkins, Faith Hill and more.
Biography
Anthony Smith was raised in eastern Tennessee His musical interests began at the early age of 5. At age nine, he had joined his first band, and by age twelve he was arranging music at his church.
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Smith moved to
Kentucky
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in his early 20s and joined several bands. Luke Lewis, the boss of
Mercury Nashville
Universal Music Group Nashville is Universal Music Group's country music subsidiary. Some of the labels in this group include MCA Nashville Records, Mercury Nashville Records, Lost Highway Records, Capitol Records Nashville and EMI Records N ...
Records, received a demo tape of Smith's music, and signed the artist to a record deal.
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, "Didn't I" and "What Do Ya Think About That
"What Do Ya Think About That" is a song written by Anthony Smith and Brett Jones, and recorded by American country music duo Montgomery Gentry. It was released in July 2007 as the third single from their album ''Some People Change''.
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" by Montgomery Gentry
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, and "What Brothers Do" by Confederate Railroad
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. "My Worst Fear" for Rascal Flatts
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" Kristofferson" for Tim McGraw
Samuel Timothy McGraw (born May 1, 1967) is an American country singer, songwriter, record producer, and actor. He has released 16 studio albums (11 for Curb Records, four for Big Machine Records and one for Arista Nashville). 10 of those album ...
"Chasing Down a Good Time" by Randy Houser
Shawn Randolph Houser (born December 18, 1975) is an American country music singer and songwriter. Signed to Universal South Records in 2008, he charted the single "Anything Goes". It was a top 20 hit on the ''Billboard'' country singles chart a ...
Smith's debut album was released on Mercury Nashville, the same year that he was granted a songwriting deal from BMI. The album, titled '' If That Ain't Country'', produced three Top 40 singles, of which the title track was the highest-charting. After exiting Mercury, Smith continued to write songs for other artists, including " Cowboys Like Us", another single release by George Strait. In 2007, two other singles that Smith co-wrote entered the country charts "Daisy" by Halfway to Hazard
Halfway to Hazard is an American country music duo composed of singer-songwriters David Tolliver and Chad Warrix. Though Tolliver and Warrix grew up in different towns in southeastern Kentucky, their band's origins are in Hazard, Kentucky, which ...
, and "What Do Ya Think About That
"What Do Ya Think About That" is a song written by Anthony Smith and Brett Jones, and recorded by American country music duo Montgomery Gentry. It was released in July 2007 as the third single from their album ''Some People Change''.
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", another release by Montgomery Gentry. In 2008, Tim McGraw
Samuel Timothy McGraw (born May 1, 1967) is an American country singer, songwriter, record producer, and actor. He has released 16 studio albums (11 for Curb Records, four for Big Machine Records and one for Arista Nashville). 10 of those album ...
charted in the Top 20 with " Kristofferson", which Smith co-wrote with Reed Nielsen
Nielsen Pearson was an American duo consisting of Reed Nielsen and Mark Pearson. They are a one-hit wonder known for their only top 40 single, " If You Should Sail". Mark Pearson was also a member of The Brothers Four.
Discography Albums
* ''T ...
. In 2016, released the Houser single "Chasing Down a Good Time" which Smith co-wrote with Jeffrey Steele
Jeffrey LeVasseur (born August 27, 1961), known as Jeffrey Steele, is an American country music singer and songwriter. Along with recording his own material, Steele has become a prolific Nashville songwriter, having co-written more than 60 hit ...
. Later that year, he signed to a second recording contract, this time with Stroudavarious Records
R&J Records is an American independent record label specializing in country music. It was founded in May 2011 by James Stroud and Rick Carter. Stroud is a record producer and former president of Giant Records and DreamWorks Records. In 2008, Stro ...
. His first single for the label, "Bringin' Back the Sunshine", was released in July 2009, and debuted at No. 60 on the Hot Country Songs chart. Smith also released an extended play
An extended play record, usually referred to as an EP, is a musical recording that contains more tracks than a single but fewer than an album or LP record. for the label, then left in early 2010 to form his own label, Krankit Records. His first release on this label was "Love Is Love Is Love."
Discography
Studio albums
Extended plays
Singles
Music videos
References
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American country guitarists
American male guitarists
American country singer-songwriters
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
Musicians from Nashville, Tennessee
Mercury Records artists
R&J Records artists
Country musicians from Indiana
People from Warsaw, Indiana
Guitarists from Indiana
American male singer-songwriters
Singer-songwriters from Indiana
Singer-songwriters from Tennessee