Larry Michael Smith was born on October 3,1939, and lived in several small towns in Kansas before moving to Hollywood in 1958.
Smith first appeared on Decca Records in 1960 with a rockabilly backbeat song, "Sara Ruth" which was written as a joke for a high school friend.
The other side of the record, "Week of Loneliness," had a limited success in the Bay Area of California and in his adopted home town of Stockton, it was number one.
On his own label Smith recorded "Arkansas River" b/w "Son of the Other Gun" with Terry Mort, drums, and Bob Bales, bass, session Tulsa, Oklahoma.
[3] During Smith's career he was managed by Abe Olman, Fred Stryker and Prewitt Rose.