Beasley Smith

Induction Year: 1983

Birth Name: John Beasley Smith
Birth Date: September 27, 1901
Place of Birth: McEwen, TN
Deceased: September 14, 1968
Place of Death: Nashville, TN

Biography

Education:
Grade School--Middle TN. Normal School
High School--Hume-Fogg
College--Peabody College
College--Vanderbilt University

Discography / Career Highlights

Career Milestones:

1922--first formed orchestra
1935-1955--musical conductor at WSM
1953-1969--president of Randy-Smith Music Corp.
1960s--worked as an arranger and in A & R for Dot Records

Awards:

1950--Freedom Foundation Award\God's Country

Catalog Highlights:

"Tennessee Central Number Nine" - Artists: Roy Acuff (1941)

"That Lucky Old Sun" - Co-writer: Haven Gillespie, Artists: Frankie Lane (1949)

"Beg Your Pardon" - Co-writer: Francis Craig

"Night Train to Memphis" - Co-writer: Marvin Hughes, Owen Bradley

"Old Master Painter" - Co-writer: Haven Gillespie

"Deliver Me to Tennessee"

"Rosie"

"Sunday Down in Tennessee"

"God's Country"

"My Bashful Nashville Gal From Tennessee"

"My Heart Keeps Telling Me"

"Tennessee Hillbilly Ghost"

"I'd Rather Die Young"