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Warren Smith is tagged as: rockabilly, rock n roll, rock and roll, 50s, country

There are at least two artists/musicians by the name of Warren Smith.
The virtuoso percussionist, Warren Smith (b. 14 May 1934, Chicago, Illinois) has worked with diverse artists as Miles Davis, Charles Mingus, Sam Rivers, Aretha Franklin, Janis Joplin, Van Morrison, Bill Cole and Harry Partch, and he was a founding member, along with Max Roach, of the percussion group, M’Boom.
The other Warren Smith (b. 7 February 1932, Humphreys County, Mississippi - d. 31 January 1980) was a pioneer rockabilly singer and guitar player.
Smith was born to Ioda and Willie Warren Smith, who divorced when he was young. He was raised by his maternal grandparents in Louise, Mississippi where they had a small farm and dry goods store.
Smith took up the guitar to while away his evenings while in the United States Air Force stationed in San Antonio, Tx. By the time of his discharge from the service, he had decided to make a career of music. He moved to West Memphis, Arkansas and auditioned, successfully, to play the Cotton Club, a local hot spot. Steel guitarist Stan Kessler, who was playing at that nightclub with the Snearly Ranch Boys, immediately spotted Smith’s potential and took him to Memphis’ famed Sun Records, to audition for Sam Phillips with the Snearly Ranch Bo...
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Top 10 Warren Smith Songs
Ubangi Stomp
Red Cadillac And A Black Moustache
Uranium Rock
Rock 'n' Roll Ruby
Got Love If You Want It
Miss Froggie
Rock & Roll Ruby
Black Jack David
So Long I'm Gone
Stop The World
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Top 10 Warren Smith Albums
The Legendary Sun Classics
Im Gone Real Gone
Rockabilly Legend
Rokabilly Legend
Call of the Wild
Classic Recordings 1956-1959
Warren Smith Selected Hits Vol. 1
Uranium Rock: The Best of Warren Smith
Ubangi Stomp
Warren Smith's The Darkest Cloud
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