Sammi Smith - Best of Sammi Smith
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Artist: Sammi SmithEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 1996-10-22
Music Label: Varese Sarabande
Soundtracks:
- Help Me Make It Through the Night
- He's Everywhere
- Then You Walk In
- For the Kids
- Kentucky
- I've Got to Have You
- The Toast of '45
- I Miss You Most When You're Right Here
- City of New Orleans
- The Rainbow in Daddy's Eyes
- Long Black Veil
- Cover Me
- Today I Started Loving You Again
- My Window Faces the South
- What a Lie
- The Letter
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Free Music Review: One of country's great might-have-beens
Hit: 5 Stars
You might think that beginning a career by selling two million copies of her first single would bring lasting fame and superstardom, but Sammi Smith remains, to most people, a one-hit wonder. Of course, that's not really true, because she had several hits on the country charts, but even there they did not make enough impact to build her career. Part of the reason may be that she was signed to Mega, a small independent label, but even when she switched to a major label, her success was limited.
This collection contains the best of her Mega recordings, including (of course) Help me make it through the night. A top ten pop hit and number one country hit in America, the song was eventually a hit for reggae singer John Holt in the UK. I doubt if Sammi's version was ever released outside the USA - Mega could hardly cope with the domestic requirements.
Of the other tracks, the biggest country hit (number nine) was Today I started loving you again. Merle Haggard wrote this song - it would have probably been a big hit for him, except that his version was tucked away on a B-side. The song has often been covered, but Merle really likes Sammi's version.
Other great songs here (some hits, some just album tracks) include He's everywhere, Then you walk in, I've got to have you, The toast of '45, The rainbow in Daddy's eyes and Long black veil. Indeed, the whole album is very enjoyable.
Sammi's strength is her heartfelt singing, although she can do more upbeat songs too - this set includes her version of City of New Orleans that was a minor country hit for her. Sammi's version is among the best of many I've heard, although Willie Nelson's is the best of the lot - he has made that song his own,
If Sammi had been on a major label when she recorded Help me make it through the night, things might have been a lot different. As it is, anybody who enjoys heartfelt country music of the seventies should give Sammi a listen.
Best of Sammi Smith Poster
So much gets made of countrypolitan's expansive, pop-influenced sound that it's easy to forget that it was also a medium of great singers. Few of them were as good as Sammi Smith. Blessed with a deep, husky voice that was nevertheless soft and tender, and breathing soulfulness, Smith had her best-known moment with 1970's "Help Me Make It Through the Night," a Top 10 crossover smash that she invested with a smoldering sense of emotional and physical need. On all of her best recordings, Smith's voice invites the listener into an emotional world so revealing and familiar that it often seems as if she's right there beside you, whispering into your ear. Such remarkable intimacies are only enhanced by their often breathtaking countrypolitan settings. --David CantwellCountry Music CDs
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