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Biography
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Billy Dawn Smith
Real name: William Paul Smith
Effective period / Period of releases: 1958 - 1961
Vocalist, songwriter & arranger.Died 28-Nov-2018 at the age of 87.
Billy Dawn Smith did not meet with much success as a recording artist but was more successful as a songwriter and arranger.
In the early 1950's, he put together a vocal group known as The Billy Dawn Quartet that consisted of himself, his brother Tom, and two friends Donny Myles and Sonny Benton.