American R&B songwriter and pianist, born January 26, 1934 in New Orleans, Louisiana - died February 13, 2023 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. In the early 1950s, he became a regular performer at the Dew Drop Inn. He had several chart successes during the 1950s and ’60s. By the early 1970s Smith concluded his musical career was over, but then had a brief return to music in the late 1970s and early ’80s recording Rockin' & Jivin' (1981).