JOHN RAITT - INSCRIBED ORIGINAL ART SIGNED CO-SIGNED BY: CONNIE SMITH - HFSID 298473
Price: $220.00
JOHN RAITT and CONNIE SMITH
Original portrait of Smith, drawn by John Raitt, signed by both!
Original Art inscribed and signed: "To John/Thanks so much!/Love You!/Connie Smith",
5½x8½. Pencil drawing also signed by the artist "Raitt". Connie Smith, born Constance
Meadows in Elkhart, Indiana in 1941, is a country singer and guitarist who got her start with
occasional singing gigs on local TV shows in Marietta, Ohio. Country star Bill Edwards heard
her sing in 1963 and helped get her her first record contract in 1964. 20 of Smith's singles
have reached the Billboard Country Singles Top 10 between 1964 and 1976, including the
chart-topper Once a Day(1964), and six of her albums have made it to the Top 10 as
well, including the No. 1 albums Connie Smith (1956), Cute 'n' Country (1965) and Born
to Sing (1966). Her most recent album as of this biography is 2003's Love Never Fails, and
she continues to perform, especially at the Grand Ole Opry. While in college in the 1930s,
JOHN RAITT began drawing portraits of famous people. He sent his artwork to each subject
with a request that it be autographed and returned to him. Two horizontal folds. Otherwise,
fine condition.
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