Sammi Smith

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Sammi Smith was an American country music singer best known for her soulful, Grammy-winning rendition of Kris Kristofferson’s “Help Me Make It Through the Night.”

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Sammi Smith canonical 5

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Predicate Object
instanceOf country music singer ⓘ
human ⓘ
recording artist ⓘ
activeYearsEnd 1990s ⓘ
activeYearsStart 1960s ⓘ
associatedAct Waylon Jennings ⓘ
Willie Nelson ⓘ
associatedMovement outlaw country movement ⓘ
awardReceived Country Music Association Single of the Year ⓘ
Grammy Award for Best Country Vocal Performance, Female ⓘ
awardReceivedFor Help Me Make It Through the Night ⓘ
birthDate 1943-08-05 ⓘ
birthName Jewel Faye Smith ⓘ
causeOfDeath respiratory complications ⓘ
chartAchievement Help Me Make It Through the Night reached No. 1 on the U.S. country charts ⓘ
Help Me Make It Through the Night reached the U.S. pop Top 10 ⓘ
child Waylon Payne ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
deathDate 2005-02-12 ⓘ
ethnicity White American ⓘ
familyName Smith ⓘ
genre country music ⓘ
outlaw country ⓘ
givenName Jewel ⓘ
instrument voice ⓘ
languageOfPerformance English ⓘ
name Sammi Smith ⓘ
notableAlbum Help Me Make It Through the Night (album) ⓘ
notableWork Help Me Make It Through the Night ⓘ
occupation musician ⓘ
singer ⓘ
placeOfBirth Orange County, California, United States ⓘ
placeOfDeath Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States ⓘ
recordedSongBy Help Me Make It Through the Night ⓘ
recordLabel Columbia Records ⓘ
Elektra Records ⓘ
Mega Records ⓘ
residence Oklahoma, United States ⓘ
linked to: Oklahoma
sexOrGender female ⓘ
songWrittenBy Kris Kristofferson ⓘ
spouse Jody Payne ⓘ
vocalStyle soulful ⓘ

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Jody Payne → spouse → Sammi Smith ⓘ
Monument Records → recordedArtist → Sammi Smith ⓘ
Sammi Smith → name → Sammi Smith ⓘ