Nine Times Out Of Ten - Blaine Smith ~1950
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 6 ก.พ. 2025
- Blaine Smith was born on September 2, 1915 near Dickens, Iowa. He got his start in radio thanks to a talent contest in 1933 against 30 other entrants. Ironically, he didn't win, but he DID attract the curiosity of a talent scout for a station from the east. Blaine and his brother, Cal, wound up with a job at WMMN in Fairmont, West Virginia. They were only there a couple years before moving to Chicago, Illinois and radio WLS (home of the National Barn Dance). During their time away, it was evident how popular they had gotten locally based on the stacks of mail piling up. Thankfully for the fans back home, the Chicago stint wouldn't last long and they were back in West Virginia at WMMN within a year. In 1939, he and his brother would cut a record or two for OKeh.
This second round at WMMN was bigger and better than the first, including performers like Bill Hatfield on the Mandola, Ted McCoy on the steel guitar, and the Davis Twins who would rise to popularity later on WWVA Jamboree out of Wheeling. Somewhere around this time, he joined the US Army and received a purple heart. After returning to the US, in 1946, Blaine notes his big break when he caught the eye of a talent scout in Jefferson, Ohio at the Ames Theatre. That scout got him a long standing gig in Cleveland where Smith could hone his talents. He would get another recording contract, this time with Dome Records where he would turn out at least four records between 1949 and 1950 (as well as a couple more for other labels). Today's song is on that Dome label and is called "Nine Time Out Of Ten". It was written by Blaine himself with the help of Salty Holmes and Bob Long. It was recorded in 1949 and released either late that year or early 1950.
Smith's first love was performing, whether it be on the radio or live, so today's artist doesn't leave much in the way of recordings which makes the ones out there even more special. He would retire and open "Blaine Smith & Sons", a local home improvement company. He would pass away in 1997.
