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Cal Smith (Calvin Grant Shofner) was born on 7 April, 1932 in Gans, Oklahoma, U.S., is an American country music singer (1932–2013). Discover Cal Smith's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 81 years old?

Popular As Calvin Grant Shofner
Occupation Singer
Age 81 years old
Zodiac Sign Aries
Born 7 April 1932
Birthday 7 April
Birthplace Gans, Oklahoma, U.S.
Date of death 10 October, 2013
Died Place Branson, Missouri, U.S.
Nationality United States

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1932

Calvin Grant Shofner (April 7, 1932 – October 10, 2013), known professionally as Cal Smith, was an American country musician, most famous for his 1974 hits "Country Bumpkin" and "It's Time to Pay the Fiddler".

Calvin Grant Shofner was born on April 7, 1932, in Gans, Oklahoma, as the youngest of three sons of James "Otto" and Ethel (Quinn) Shofner.

During the Great Depression, the Smiths headed west and settled in Oakland, California, and he grew up in San Jose, California.

Smith began his music career performing at the Remember Me Cafe in San Francisco at the age of 15, but he was not financially successful at first.

1950

Throughout the 1950s, he was not able to continue his music career, so he worked at various other jobs, including truck driving and bronco busting.

He appeared on the California Hayride television show in the mid-1950s before serving two years in the military.

After his discharge, he began playing in a band in the San Francisco Bay Area.

1960

Thus, Smith is heard playing in most of Tubb's 1960s recordings.

His first solo single was "Tear Stained Pillow" / "Eleven Long Years" on the local Plaid label.

1961

In 1961, country music legend Ernest Tubb heard the band play and, after an audition, hired Smith to play guitar for the Texas Troubadours.

1966

Smith's stage name began to catch on after he released his second solo single, "I'll Just Go Home", in 1966 for Kapp Records, and he first cracked the Billboard chart with his second single, "The Only Thing I Want".

1969

Smith permanently parted ways with Tubb and the Texas Troubadours in 1969 and he released his first solo album, Drinking Champagne, in 1969.

1970

In 1970, Smith signed with Decca Records, and his popularity quickly soared, starting off with his 1972 Top 10 hit, "I've Found Someone of My Own".

Smith continued to have success with MCA Records into the late 1970s including the Top 20 singles "Between Lust And Watching TV" (1974), "She Talked A Lot About Texas" (1975), "I Just Came Home To Count The Memories" (1977), and "Come See About Me" (1977).

1973

He began recording songs written by some of the biggest names in the industry; for instance, in March 1973, his rendition of Bill Anderson's "The Lord Knows I'm Drinking" became his first number-one country hit.

When Decca became MCA Records in 1973, he enjoyed his biggest successes.

1974

In 1974, he recorded two of his greatest hits, "It's Time to Pay the Fiddler" and "Country Bumpkin", which received Song of the Year Awards from both the Academy of Country Music and the Country Music Association.

1977

In 1977, Smith joined entrepreneur Larry Schmittou and other country music stars, such as Conway Twitty, Jerry Reed, Larry Gatlin, and Richard Sterban, as investors in the Nashville Sounds, a minor league baseball team of the Double-A Southern League that began play in 1978.

Smith and his wife, Darlene, lived in the Branson, Missouri area.

1979

After this he continued to have minor successes that included "The Rise And Fall Of The Roman Empire" in 1979.

1986

Smith released his last album, Stories of Life by Cal Smith, in 1986 on Step One Records, where he scored a minor hit that year with "King Lear".

1990

The album's title track had reached the Top 40 on the country chart the previous year, and was later a Top 10 hit for George Strait in 1990.

2013

Smith died in Branson on October 10, 2013.

He is survived by Darlene, his son Calvin, five grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by a son, Jimmie Todd.