O.C. SMITH
BIO
Grammy
award nominee O.C. Smith, described as
the "Most Romantic
storyteller," was the lead singer
for the Count Basie Orchestra before
signing with CBS Records.
O.C.'s career has spawned over
20 nationally charted singles,
including the Grammy-winning song
"Little Green Apples”. After CBS, O.C. united with Charles Wallert, who wrote
and produced the title track as well
as the album for "Dreams Come
True" that returned O.C. to the
national charts.
The
next venture for O.C. and Charles was
the "Whatcha Gonna Do"
album, resulting in three nationally
charted singles for a total of 40
weeks.
This album gave us the all time
Beach Music classic, “Brenda”,
which remained number 1 for 2 years.
The same album also gave us Beach
Music hits, “You’re My First, My
Last My Everything”, “Spark Of
Love”. Additional hits such as
“The Best Out Of Me”, “After All
Is Said And Done”, among others,
established O.C. as a Beach Music
Superstar.
O.C.’s
success with “Brenda” expanded a
greater national awareness of Beach
Music both with the general public and
the recording industry.
Nominated
for 6 Awards at the Third Beach Music
Awards, O.C. captured 5.
O.C
was the much beloved pastor and
founder of The City Of Angels Church
in Los Angeles where he reached out to
touch people with his music and
sermons for16years.
One
of O.C.’s final recordings,” Save
The Last Dance For Me” reached the
number one position on the Rhythm n’
Beach Top 40 Charts.
His
new album,” I GIVE MY HEART TO
YOU”, was recently released as a
special collector’s edition for
Beach Music fans and is proving to
already be a major success. Governor
Jim Hodges proclaimed June 21st,
2002, “O.C. Smith Day” in the
State of South Carolina.
The celebration of this day was
a tremendous success and will be an
annual event coordinated by Beach
Music legends, The Embers.
A
true Hall OF Fame man!
O.C. will be missed, but his
music and his contributions to life
will last forever. |
