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O.C. Smith (June 21, 1932 - November 23, 2001) was an American R&B and pop singer. His recording of "Little Green Apples" went to number 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1968 and sold over one million records. He also enjoyed a major UK pop chart hit the same year with "The Son of Hickory Holler's Tramp" which reached number 2 in the UK. He continued recording throughout the seventies and scored his last UK chart hit in 1977 with "Together". He had several minor R&B hits during the eighties including "Love Changes" which came out on the Motown label in 1982. Perhaps his best single from the eighties was "Nothing But The Best" which was released in 1980 but never charted. His Whatcha Gonna Do album, resulted in three nationally charted singles for a total of 40 weeks. This album contained "Brenda", "You're My First, My Last My Everything" and "Spark Of Love". Additional hits "The Best Out Of Me" and "After All Is Said And Done" established Smith as a Beach Music star. Nominated for six awards at the third Beach Music Awards, Smith captured five.

Below is a list of O.C. Smith songs, sorted by the most popular first. Place mouse on to see information about song. Click song title to play song and to read details about the song including lyrics (if available). Click year to list all songs from that year. Click label to list songs from that record label. Songs with chart position "---" either never made it into the US top 100 R&B or UK charts or we have no details of their highest chart positions if they did.

(Song are sorted in highest US R&B Top 100 and/or UK Top 100 chart position order)


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1 record label: Columbia 44616
chart position: RandB #2, US #2, US AC #4
written by: Bobby Russell
album: Hickory Holler Revisited
O.C. Smith Little Green Apples
1968 Columbia
2 record label: Columbia 44425
chart position: UK #2, RandB #32, US #40
written by: Dallas Frazier
album: Hickory Holler Revisited
comments: [pop soul]
O.C. Smith The Son of Hickory Holler's Tramp
1968 Columbia
3 record label: Columbia 44948
chart position: RandB #9, US #34, US AC #6
written by: Mac Davis
album: O.C. Smith at Home
O.C. Smith Daddy's Little Man
1969 Columbia
4 record label: Caribou 9017
chart position: RandB #62, UK #25, US AC #14
written by: Charles Fox and Norman Gimbel
album: Together
O.C. Smith Together
1977 Caribou
5 record label: Columbia 44859
chart position: RandB #25, US #47, US AC #17
written by: Mac Davis
album: O.C. Smith at Home
O.C. Smith Friend, Lover, Woman, Wife
1969 Columbia
6 record label: Columbia 44751
chart position: RandB #44, US #44, US AC #19
written by: Bobby Russell
album: O.C. Smith's Greatest Hits
O.C. Smith Honey (I Miss You)
1969 Columbia
7 record label: Columbia 45206
chart position: RandB #30, US #52, US AC #21
written by: Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier and Eddie Holland Jr.
album: La La Peace Song
O.C. Smith Baby, I Need Your Loving
1970 Columbia
8 record label: Columbia 45863
chart position: RandB #27, US #62, US AC #36
written by: H. B. Barnum and Johnny Bristol
album: La La Peace Song
O.C. Smith La La Peace Song
1974 Columbia
9 record label: Columbia 44705
chart position: RandB #40, US #63
written by: Ray Stevens
album: For One in My Life
O.C. Smith Isn't It Lonely Together
1968 Columbia
10 record label: Columbia 45160
chart position: US #86, US AC #4
written by: George Callender and Wayne Shanklin
album: O.C. Smith's Greatest Hits
O.C. Smith Primrose Lane
1970 Columbia
11 record label: Columbia 45435
chart position: RandB #38, US #91
written by: Kris Kristofferson
album: Help Me Make It Through the Night
O.C. Smith Help Me Make It Through the Night
1971 Columbia
12 record label: Shady Brook 1045
chart position: RandB #34, US AC #29
written by: Casey Kelly and Paul Harrison
album: Love Is Forever
O.C. Smith Love to Burn
1978 Shady Brook
13 record label: Columbia 4657
chart position: RandB #38, US #103
written by: Bob Crewe and Bob Gaudio
album: O.C. Smith's Greatest Hits
O.C. Smith Me and You
1969 Columbia
14 record label: Columbia 45655
chart position: US #102, Cashbox R&B #59
written by: Gordon Parks
album: Shaft's Big Score!: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
O.C. Smith Don't Misunderstand
1972 Columbia
15 record label: Columbia 44555
chart position: US #105
written by: Jerry Fuller and H. B. Barnum
album: Hickory Holler Revisited
O.C. Smith Main Street Mission
1968 Columbia
16 record label: Columbia 45098
chart position: US #114, US AC #38
written by: Anna Mitchell and Ekundayo Paris
O.C. Smith Moody
1970 Columbia
17 record label: Columbia 43525
chart position: US #127
written by: Dean Kay and Kelly Gordon
O.C. Smith That's Life
1967 Columbia
18 record label: Rendezvous 102
chart position: RandB #52
written by: Peter Radcliffe, Tony Sepe and Barry White
album: What'cha Gonna Do
O.C. Smith You're the First, My Last, My Everything
1986 Rendezvous
19 record label: Rendezvous 1019
chart position: RandB #53
written by: Lenny Welch and Doug Frank
album: What'cha Gonna Do
comments: [ballad]
O.C. Smith What'cha Gonna Do
1986 Rendezvous
20 record label: Rendezvous 103
chart position: RandB #58
written by: Charles Wallert
album: What'cha Gonna Do
O.C. Smith Brenda
1987 Rendezvous
21 record label: Motown 1623
chart position: RandB #68
written by: Skip Scarborough
album: Love Changes
comments: [Motown Sound]
O.C. Smith Love Changes
1982 Motown
22 record label: Family 5000
chart position: RandB #92
album: Dreams Come True
O.C. Smith Dreams Come True
1980 Family
-- record label: Family 5000
written by: C. Wallert, M. Foreman
album: Dreams Come True
O.C. Smith Nothing But The Best
1980 Family
-- record label: Motown 1636
written by: W. Johnson, H. B. Barnum
album: Love Changes
O.C. Smith I Betcha
1982 Motown
-- record label: Family Records 6000
written by: J.C. Crowley, Peter Beckett
O.C. Smith Baby Come Back
1984 Family Records
-- record label: Carolina 490
written by: Charles Wallert
O.C. Smith The Best Out Of Me
1976 Carolina




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