Connie Smith has been played on NTS in shows including Country Hayride, featured first on 13 August 2017. Songs played include A Far Cry From You, If I Talk To Him and Run Away Little Tears.

Connie Smith (born Constance June Meador 14 August 1941, in Elkhart, Indiana) is an American country music singer. She is best known for her 1964 hit song "Once a Day", which spent 8 weeks at No. 1 on Billboard's Country music charts, the longest of any female country music artist in history. This was Smith's only single to reach the No. 1 spot on the Billboard charts.

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