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Myra Smith

aka Mira Smith

real name Mira Ann Smith

Myra Smith is credited on 510 releases across 144 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1957–2022 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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510

Credits

144

Albums

8

Decades active

52

In collections

Biography

Louisiana indie pioneer Mira Smith (1926–1989) was a producer, songwriter and guitar player. Referred to by some as "the female Sam Phillips", she owned her own studio and founded several labels including, a small Shreveport, LA based indie, in 1955. Inducted into the Women in Music Business Assn.'s Hall Of Fame in 1995.
She has written and performed on numerous releases with Margaret Lewis. Her name appears as Mira Ann Smith, Mira A. Smith, Myra Smith and alias Laura Martin for her songwriting credits @ BMI.

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Credited work

510 releases · 144 albums · active 1957–2022

  • Performance · 732
  • Other credits · 6
  • Production · 3

Studios: Columbia Recording Studios, Nashville · Singleton Sound Studio · Sugar Hill Studios · Criteria Recording Studios

Discography

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