Smoky or Smokey may refer to:
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Smoky Babe
Robert Brown (July 31, 1927 – May 1973), who performed as Smoky Babe, was an American acoustic blues guitarist and singer, whose recording career was restricted to a couple of recording sessions in the early 1960s. He has been variously desc ...
(1927–1975), American acoustic blues guitarist and singer born Robert Brown
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Smoky Burgess
Forrest Harrill "Smoky" Burgess (February 6, 1927 – September 15, 1991) was an American professional baseball catcher, pinch hitter, coach, and scout, who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) from to . A nine-time All-Star, Burgess became kno ...
(1927–1991), American Major League Baseball catcher
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Smoky Dawson
Smoky Dawson AM, MBE (19 March 191313 February 2008), born as Herbert Henry Brown, was an Australian Country, Western and folk performer, radio star, entertainer, and icon. He was widely touted as Australia's first singing cowboy complete with ...
(1913–2008), Australian country music performer born Herbert Brown
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Henry Harris (ice hockey)
Henry Hiram "Smoky" Harris (April 28, 1905 – December 31, 1975) was a Canadian professional ice hockey player. Harris played in the Prairie Hockey League (PHL), Pacific Coast Hockey League (PCHL) and the National Hockey League (NHL). Harris pla ...
(1905-1975), Canadian hockey player
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Smoky Owens (1912-1942), American baseball pitcher in the Negro leagues
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Smokey Robinson
William "Smokey" Robinson Jr. (born February 19, 1940) is an American singer, songwriter, record producer, and former record executive director. He was the founder and front man of the Motown vocal group the Miracles, for which he was also chief ...
(born 1940), American R&B singer and songwriter
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Smokey Rogers
Eugene Rogers (March 23, 1917–November 23, 1993), known professionally as Smokey Rogers, was an American Western swing musician and songwriter active during the 1940s and 50s on the West Coast.
Born in McMinnville, Tennessee, Rogers joined ...
, American Western swing musician Eugene Rogers (1917–1993)
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Ernest Smith
Ernest Alvia "Smokey" Smith (3 May 1914 – 3 August 2005) was a Canadian recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. He was the last living ...
(1914–2005), Canadian recipient of the Victoria Cross
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Smoky Joe Wood
Howard Ellsworth "Smoky Joe" Wood (October 25, 1889 – July 27, 1985) was an American professional baseball player for 14 years. He played for the Boston Red Sox from 1908 to 1915, where he was primarily a pitcher, and for the Cleveland Indi ...
(1889–1985), American Major League Baseball pitcher
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Smokey Yunick
Henry "Smokey" Yunick (May 25, 1923 – May 9, 2001) was an American professional stock car racing crew chief, owner, driver, engineer, engine builder, and car designer as well as being a pilot in the United States Army Air Corps in World W ...
(1923–2001), NASCAR designer
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Lois Smoky (1907–1981), Kiowa painter
Places
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Smoky Cape
Smoky Cape is a headland in Australia on the New South Wales Mid-North Coast. It lies just east of the town of South West Rocks, New South Wales, South West Rocks, and within the Hat Head National Park.
Cape
The cape was named ''Smoky Cape'' ...
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Smoky Dome, a mountain in Idaho
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Smoky Group
The Smoky Group is a Stratigraphy, stratigraphical unit of Late Cretaceous Geochronology, age in the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin.
It takes the name from the Smoky River, and was first described in outcrops along the banks of the Smoky Rive ...
, a Canadian geologic formation
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Smoky Hills
The Smoky Hills are an upland region of hills in the central Great Plains of North America. They are located in the Midwestern United States, encompassing north-central Kansas and a small portion of south-central Nebraska.
The hills are a disse ...
, central United States
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Smoky Lake (Blaine County, Idaho)
Smoky Lake is an alpine lake in Blaine County, Idaho, Blaine County, Idaho, United States, located in the Smoky Mountains (Idaho), Smoky Mountains in Sawtooth National Forest. While no trails lead to the lake, it is most easily accessed from the e ...
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Smoky Mountain (disambiguation)
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Smoky Point
Smoky Point is a point of land in the U.S. state of Alaska, located at , where Ugashik Bay joins the much larger Bristol Bay. The most easily distinguishable landmark is the United States Coast Guard lighthouse which is visible to mariners on ...
, Alaska
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Smoky Range
The Smoky Range, el. , is a small mountain range northeast of Whitefish in Flathead County, Montana, United States.
See also
* List of mountain ranges in Montana
This is a list of mountain ranges in the state of Montana. Montana is the fourth ...
, a small mountain range in Montana
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Smoky River
The Smoky River is a river in western Alberta, Canada. It is a major tributary of the Peace River. The descriptive name refers to the presence of "smouldering beds of coal in the riverbank" noted by the Cree Indians.
It drains an area of . Fro ...
, Alberta, Canada
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Smoky Township, Sherman County, Kansas
Smoky Township is one of the thirteen townships of Sherman County, Kansas, United States. The population was 87 at the 2000 census.
Geography
Located in the southern part of the county, it borders the following townships:
* Logan Township — ...
Arts and entertainment
* Smoky, the title character of ''
Smoky the Cowhorse
''Smoky the Cowhorse'' is a novel by Will James that was the winner of the 1927 Newbery Medal.
Plot
The story details the life of a horse in the western United States from his birth to his eventual decline. It takes place after the 1910, during ...
'', a Newbery Medal-winning novel by Will James, and its adaptations:
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''Smoky'' (1933 film), starring Victor Jory
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''Smoky'' (1946 film), starring Fred MacMurray
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''Smoky'' (1966 film), starring Fess Parker
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''Smokey'' (album), by Smokey Robinson
* Smokey, a character from the film ''
Friday
Friday is the day of the week between Thursday and Saturday. In countries that adopt the traditional "Sunday-first" convention, it is the sixth day of the week. In countries adopting the ISO-defined "Monday-first" convention, it is the fifth day ...
'' (1995)
* Smokey, a character from the film ''
The Big Lebowski
''The Big Lebowski'' () is a 1998 crime comedy film written, produced, and directed by Joel and Ethan Coen. It stars Jeff Bridges as Jeffrey "The Dude" Lebowski, a Los Angeles slacker and avid bowler. He is assaulted as a result of mistaken i ...
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Smokie (band)
Smokie (originally spelt Smokey) are an English rock band from Bradford, Yorkshire. The band found success at home and abroad after teaming up with Mike Chapman and Nicky Chinn. They have had a number of line-up changes and were still actively ...
, an English band formerly known as Smokey
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Smokey Bear
Smokey Bear is an American campaign and advertising icon of the U.S. Forest Service. In the Wildfire Prevention Campaign, which is the longest-running public service announcement campaign in United States history, the Ad Council, the United St ...
, mascot of the United States Forest Service
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Smoky (dog)
Smoky (c. 1943 – 21 February 1957), a Yorkshire Terrier, was a famous war dog who served in World War II. She weighed only and stood tall. Smoky is credited with beginning a renewal of interest in the once-obscure Yorkshire Terrier breed ...
, a war dog in World War II
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Smokey (mascot), mascot of the University of Tennessee
* Smokey,
CB slang
CB slang is the distinctive anti-language, argot or cant which developed among users of Citizens Band radio (CB), especially truck drivers in the United States during the 1970s and early 1980s.
The slang itself is not only cyclical, but also geog ...
for a highway patrolman
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Old Smoky (disambiguation) Old Smokey is the nickname for the electric chair in New Jersey and Pennsylvania.
Old Smoky or Old Smokey may also refer to:
* John Morrissey (1831–1878), nicknamed "Old Smoke"
* ''Live in Old Smokey'', a 2006 CD by Linda Lewis
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Great Smoky Mountains
The Great Smoky Mountains (, ''Equa Dutsusdu Dodalv'') are a mountain range rising along the Tennessee–North Carolina border in the southeastern United States. They are a subrange of the Appalachian Mountains, and form part of the Blue Ridge ...
, on the Tennessee–North Carolina border
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Little Smoky River
The Little Smoky River is a tributary of the Smoky River in west-central Alberta, Canada.
Course
The river originates in the foothills of the Canadian Rockies, west of Grande Cache and flows in a north-east direction throughout the foothills. ...
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Little Smoky Valley Little Smoky Valley is one of the Central Nevada Desert Basins and an eponym for the larger Little Smoky-Newark Watershed. The valley spans three counties in Nevada, namely Eureka, Nye, and White Pine.
The valley's numerous springs include Cool ...
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Smokey Joe (disambiguation) Smokey Joe, Smokey Joe's or Smoky Joe's may refer to:
Nickname
* Joe Barton, Texan Congressman, nicknamed "Smokey Joe" for defending industries against pollution controls
* Smokey Joe Baugh (1932–1999), American rockabilly musician
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Smokie (disambiguation) Smokie may refer to:
* Smokie (band), an English rock band from Bradford, Yorkshire
* Smokie (food), sheep or goats prepared for food by blowtorching the fleece off the unskinned carcass
* Arbroath smokie, a type of smoked haddock fish
* "Smokie, P ...
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