death_date years_active birth_place label name background birth_date instrument genre image article_title birth_name occupation
23 november 2001 1955 & ndash ; 2001 mansfield , louisiana , united states cadence rendezvous , triune , wave , bluewater records , mgm records , columbia records , o. c. smith solo_singer june 21 , 1932 vocals r & b , jazz , soul file : oc smith.jpg o. c. smith
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o. c. smith

o.c. smith -lrb- june 21 , 1932 -- november 23 , 2001 -rrb- was an american musician .
his recording of `` little green apples '' went to number 2 on the `` billboard '' hot 100 in 1968 and sold over one million records .
