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History

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, 23 April 2008. Retrieved 8 September 2013 Joe Smith died in 2012, aged 78.

Discography

Albums

*''Five Alive-O'' (1974) *''The Dallas Boys Doing Their Own Thing! (A Souvenir Album)'' (1980) *''Love Is a Many Splendoured Thing'' (1983)

Singles

*"He Won't Love You (Like I Do)" (1967) *"I Can't Fool My Heart" (1968)

References

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