Connie Smith, "Long Line Of Heartaches" (Sugar Hill) Of all the great country music queens to rise in the 1960s, Connie Smith may have the lowest public profile. Partly that's because in the early ...

Country music icon Connie Smith was slated to celebrate the 60th anniversary of her Grand Ole Opry induction this week, but that won’t be happening because she and her husband, fellow country ...

Connie Smith, "Long Line Of Heartaches" (Sugar Hill) Of all the great country music queens to rise in the 1960s, Connie Smith may have the lowest public profile. Partly that is because in the early… ...

Country music icon Connie Smith was slated to celebrate the 60th anniversary of her Grand Ole Opry induction this week, but that won’t be happening because she and her husband, fellow country ...

Alabama Life & Culture Illness derails iconic country music couple’s milestone Grand Ole Opry celebration Published: Aug. 24, 2025, 8:02 a.m.

Of all the great country music queens to rise in the 1960s, Connie Smith may have the lowest public profile. Partly that is because in the early 1970s, as the world at large learned of Loretta ...