Joyce Smith

*22-10-1940 Lethbridge, Alberta, CAN

2nd version

by Michel Ruppli, Praguefrank
SESSIONS
28 September 1961 Bradley Film and Recording Studio, 804 16th Ave. South, Nashville, TN – Joyce Smith (unknown musicians. Producer: Owen Bradley)
001 111195/NA 11740 HIDING OUT Decca 31364
002 111196/NA 11741 I DON‘T WANT NO ONE BUT YOU 31499
003 111197/NA 11742 LITTLE WORLD GONE BAD unissued
004 111198/NA 11743 LEAVIN' ON YOUR MIND 31364
6 July 1962 Columbia Recording Studio, 804 16th Ave. South, Nashville, TN – Joyce Smith
005 112388/NA 12124 IT KEEPS RIGHT ON A-HURTIN' SINCE I LEFT 31418
006 112389/NA 12125 LITTLE WORLD GONE BAD 31499
007 112390/NA 12126 PRETTY LIES 31418

ca 1963 unknown – Joyce Smith

008 JAMBALAYA Banff RBS 1125

BANFF RBS 1125 16 GREAT COUNTRY SONGS (CAN, 1963)

ca 1963 unknown – Joyce Smith

009 LEAVIN' ON YOUR MIND Point P 228  

010 LITTLE WORLD GONE BAD Point P 228  

011 HIDING OUT Point P 228  

012 DOWN BY THE RIVERSIDE Point P 228  

013 HOME IN SAN ANTONE Point P 228  PS 360

014 PRETTY LIES Point P 228  

015 IT KEEPS RIGHT ON A-HURTIN' Point P 228 PS 360

016 SINCE I LEFT Point P 228  

017 I DON'T WANT NO ONE BUT YOU Point P 228  

018 COME ON IN Point P 228  

019 TIME CHANGES EVERYTHING Point P 228 PS 360

1965 unknown – Joyce Smith

020 RELEASE ME Point P 261 PS 360

021 ONCE A DAY Point P 261

022 I'LL TAKE A CHANCE ON LOVING YOU Point P 261

023 LONESOME USED TO BE Point P 261

024 BIG CITY Point P 261

025 MAKIN' BELIEVE Point P 261 PS 360

026 DON'T WANNA WALK Point P 261

027 LEGEND IN MY TIME Point P 261

028 TAKE THE HAND OFF THE CLOCK Point P 261

029 YOU'LL NEVER GET A BETTER CHANCE THAN THIS Point P 261

1967 unknown, CAN – Joyce Smith

030 14069 ONCE A WEEK  Apex 77047

031 14070 SWINGING DOORS Apex 77047

1975 unknown, CAN – Joyce Smith

032 WISH THE WORLD A LITTLE LOVE Broadland BR 2117/BR 1928  

033 IT'S SO EASY TO PLEASE ME Broadland BR 2117/BR 1928  

034 HEAD HIM OFF AT THE PASS Broadland BR 1928  

035 IF YOU LOVE ME Broadland BR 1928  

036 IF I HAVE TO BUILD A BRIDGE Broadland BR 2222X/BR 1928  

037 STATE OF HAPPINESS Broadland BR 2173/BR 1928  

038 SLIPPIN' AWAY Broadland BR 1928  

039 SHANTY GIRL Broadland BR 2173/BR 1928  

040 ROCKY TOP Broadland BR 2222X/BR 1928  

041 PLANT THE SEEDS AND WATCH THEM GROW Broadland BR 1928  

1980 Sundown, Edmonton, Ontario, CAN – Joyce Smith (Producer: R. Harlan Smith)

042 RODEO WIND Royalty R1000-116/R2000-42 RCD 0267

043 MY LITTLE WORLD GONE BAD Royalty R1000-116/R2000-42  RCD 0267

044 WASTED YEARS Royalty R2000-42  RCD 0267

045 PLEASE PLAY IT SOFTLY Royalty R1000-98/R2000-42  RCD 0267

046 I FALL TO PIECES Royalty R2000-42  RCD 0267

047 HE'S MY FRIEND Royalty R2000-42  RCD 0267

048 LOVE UP AND LET ME DOWN Royalty R2000-42  RCD 0267

049 LEAVIN' ON YOUR MIND Royalty R2000-42  RCD 0267

050 ONE DAY AT A TIME Royalty R1000-98/R2000-42 RCD 0267

051 CRAZY HEART Royalty R2000-42  RCD 0267

052 THE SAME OLD ME Royalty R2000-42   RCD 0267

Joyce Smith recorded after 1980, some info in albums list

ALBUMS

Point [CAN] P-228 Joyce Smith: Leavin' On Your Mind; Little World Gone Bad; Hiding Out; Down By The Riverside; Home In San Antone; Pretty Lies; It Keeps Right On A-Hurtin' Since I Left; I Don't Want No One But You; Come On In; Time Changes Everything – ca 64

Point [CAN] P-261 Canadian Queen Of Country Music: Release Me; Once A Day; I'll Take A Chance On Loving You; Lonesome Used To Be; Big City; Makin' Believe; Don't Wanna Walk; Legend In My Time; Take The Hand; Off The Clock; You'll Never Get A Better Chance Than This - 65

Point [CAN] PS-360 The King And Queen Of Country Music: [Joyce Smith:] It Keeps Right On Hurtin'; Home In San Antone; Release Me; Makin' Believe; Time Changes Everything; [Jimy Arthur Orge:] Child Of  Clay; Love Of The Common People; Irena Cheyenne; Mansion On The Hill; All The Time – 70

Broadland [CAN] BR 1928 Wish The World A Little Love: Wish The World A Little Love; It's So Easy To Please Me; Head Him Off At The Pass; If You Love Me; If I Have To Build A Bridge; State Of Happiness; Slippin' Away; Shanty Girl; Rocky Top; Plant The Seeds And Watch Them Grow- 76

Royalty [CAN] R2000-42 Please Play It Softly: Rodeo Wind; My Little World Gone Bad; Wasted Years; Please Play It Softly; I Fall To Pieces; He's My Friend; Love Up And Let Me Down; Leavin' On Your Mind; One Day At A Time; Crazy Heart; The Same Old Me  - 80 (reissued in 2002 on Royalty RCD-0267 The Same Old Me/Legends Series)

Joyce Smith [CAN] no # Exactly Where I Want To Be: Shanty Girl; Love Is Still Love; Just A Tear Away From A Real Good Cry; My Heart Gets All The Breaks; I Ain't Never; If You're Still There; Burning The Roadhouse Down; Exactly Where I Want To Be; The Baptism Of Jesus Taylor; Second Fiddle; Better Get To Getting; Catfish John; I'm Not That Good At Goodbye; Way Out Of The Past; He's Gone, Gone, Gone - 07

SINGLES
Decca (1961-62)
31364 Hiding Out / Leaving On Your Mind – 12-02-62 (rev. Feb. 24)
31418 It Keeps Right On A-Hurtin' Since I Left / Pretty Lies – 07-62
31499 I Don't Want No One But You / Little World Gone Bad – 05-63 (rev. May 25)
Apex [CAN] (1967)
77047 Once A Week / Swinging Doors – 67

Broadland [CAN] (1975-76)

BR 2117 It's so Easy to Please Me / Wish the World a Little Love - 75

BR 2173 Shanty Girl / State of Happiness - 76

BR 2222X If I Have to Build a Bridge / Rocky Top - 76

Royalty [CAN] (1980)

R-1000-98 Please Play It Softly / One Day At A Time – 80

R-1000-116 Rodeo Wind / My Little World Gone Bad - 82