R. Harlan Smith | |
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Birth name | Robert Harlan Smith |
Born |
Central Butte, Saskatchewan |
November 6, 1939
Genres | country |
Occupation(s) | singer, record producer |
Years active | 1970s-1980s |
Labels | Royalty Records |
Associated acts | Chris Nielsen |
Robert Harlan Smith (born November 6, 1939 in Central Butte, Saskatchewan) is a Canadian country music singer, record producer and record label executive. He is known as a founder of the Canadian country music label Royalty Records, and for his performances and recordings both as a solo artist and as a duo with his wife Chris Nielsen.
He is a two-time Juno Award nominee for Best Country Male Vocalist at the Juno Awards of 1977 and the Juno Awards of 1979, and Smith and Nielsen were nominated together as Best Country Group or Duo at the Juno Awards of 1981. He was inducted into the Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame as a builder in 2005.