Corey Smith | |
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Born | Jefferson, Georgia |
Genres | Country |
Occupations | Singer-songwriter, Musical genius |
Years active | 2003-present |
Labels | Razor & Tie, Undertone, Average Joe's Entertainment |
Corey Smith (born in Jefferson, Georgia) is a country/rock/blues singer and guitarist.
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Growing up in Jackson County allowed Corey Smith to visit the college town of Athens, Georgia regularly. Smith originally attended Gainesville State College, before transferring to the University of West Georgia for his now wife. As it would turn out, however, she got into the University of Georgia, so he followed suit.[1] At the University of Georgia, he majored in Social Studies education. He continued to write songs and play for his friends at parties. Corey’s music became popular amongst his peers and his students. He taught high school World Geography at North Gwinnett High School in Gwinnett County Gerogia.
His first Album is titled “Undertones” which contains one of his most requested songs titled “Twenty One.”[1] The second album Corey released is titled “In the Mood.” Corey Smith made the songs on this record similar to his first one because of the response he got from fans who welcomed the booze-driven lyrics. Corey Smiths’ third album, The Good Life, was written and released in 2005. The album is titled after Coreys' song The Good Life, which can be seen on Cmt.com Corey has completed his most recently released album titled Keeping Up with the Joneses in November 2009. His next album titled The Broken Record was released on June 21st 2011 .[2]
Title | Details | Peak chart positions | |||||||
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US Country | US | US Folk |
US Heat |
US Indie | US Rock |
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Undertones |
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In the Mood |
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The Good Life |
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Hard-Headed Fool |
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Keeping Up with the Joneses |
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The Broken Record |
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17 | 114 | 6 | 2 | 20 | 30 | ||
"—" denotes releases that did not chart |
Year | Single | Peak positions | Album |
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US Country | |||
2011 | "Twenty-One" | 50 | The Broken Record |
"Maybe Next Year"A |
Year | Video | Director |
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2011 | "Twenty-One"[3] | Potsy Ponciroli |
"Drugs"[4] | ||
"Maybe Next Year"[5] | David Poag |