"Smooth Sailin" is a song co-written by

Curly Putman Claude "Curly" Putman Jr. (November 20, 1930 – October 30, 2016) was an American songwriter. Born in Princeton, Alabama, his greatest success was "Green, Green Grass of Home" (1964, sung by Porter Wagoner), which was covered by Roger Miller, E ...

and

Sonny Throckmorton James Fron "Sonny" Throckmorton (born April 2, 1941) is an American country music songwriter. He has had more than 1,000 of his songs recorded by various country singers. He has also had minor success as a recording artist, having released two ...

Connie Smith Connie Smith (born Constance June Meador; August 14, 1941) is an American country music singer and songwriter. Her contralto vocals have been described by music writers as significant and influential to the women of country music. A similarity ...

released this song as a single on

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in 1978 that peaked at No. 68 on the U.S.

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list.. Throckmorton also released this song on his 1978 debut album, ''

Last Cheater's Waltz "Last Cheater's Waltz" is the title track from Sonny Throckmorton's 1978 album '' Last Cheater's Waltz''. Throckmorton released the song as a double-A-side with " Smooth Sailin'" and charted at number 47 on the Hot Country Songs charts that year. ...

''. His version was re-released in 1979 on

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as a double-A-side with "

". This double-sided single peaked at number 47 on the country music charts that year.

T. G. Sheppard William Neal Browder (born July 20, 1944) is an American country music singer, known professionally as T. G. Sheppard. He had 14 number-one hits on the US country charts between 1974 and 1986, including eight consecutive number ones between 19 ...

then covered this song on his 1980 album of the same name. Sheppard's version was the most successful and went to number six on the same chart in 1980.

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