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Also known as Raymond Charles Smith

Australian racewalker

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Within Vinony's link graph, Ray Smith is referenced by 4 other articles, and connects out to 1956 Summer Olympics, racewalking and Sports Reference, LLC.

It is catalogued under topics including 1929 births, 2010 deaths and 20th-century Australian sportsmen.

Its subject is documented across 7 Wikipedia language editions.

Person · Open Library

Works
115

Top works

  • Homes of yesterday
  • Yesterdays
  • The greening tree
  • Watercolor landscape
  • An Introduction to Watercolour

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
United States
Active from
1969-08-06
Active to
2003-10-21
acoustic rockamericanfolk rockindieindie folkindie pop

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
93,266
Total plays
417,537

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rockabillyRock and Rollrock n rolloldiessun records

Ray Smith, born October 30, 1934, died November 29, 1979 (suicide) birthplace Melber, Kentucky. Raised in Paducah, Kentucky, Ray Smith was taught piano at an early age and performed cowboy songs in school. As a teen he was a moonshine bootlegger with his brother-in-law and also worked for Coca-Cola. After a stint in the Air Force, Ray decided to jump on the burgeoning new rock and roll bandwagon, even though he admitted later that at first he hated rock and roll and his main influence was not El

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Family name
Smith
Gender
male
Citizenship
Australia
Participant in
1956 Summer Olympics
Country for sport
Australia
Show 2 more facts
date of birth
1929-08-12
date of death
2010-06-04
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