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Connie Smith is a Grand Ole Opry singer born in Elkhart, Indiana, and raised in West Virginia and Ohio. Her first single, "Once a Day," spent eight weeks at No. 1 in 1964, and she joined the Opry in 1965. She was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2012.

Born
August 14, 1941
Hometown
Elkhart, Indiana
Grand Ole Opry
Member since 1965

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