ABOUT
W.P. SMITH
HIS
MUSIC HEARD AROUND THE WORLD
AS OF JANUARY 2008, WP’S LATEST SONG, WRITTEN BY DENNIS
KAHLER AND HIMSELF, IS CURRENTLY ON THE GOD’S COUNTRY GOSPEL MUSIC CHARTS, FOR
THE UNITED STATES AND 30 FOREIGN COUNTRIES. THE
SONG, “LIGHT
OF HEAVEN’S DOOR” JUST WENT TO #2 , TIM MCGRAW HOLDS THE #1 POSITION.
IN ADDITION THE AGAPE FEST AWARDS IN JEFFERSON, TEXAS, HAS PUT WP SMITH’S
NAME IN THE POT FOR A NOMINATION FOR “NEW HORIZON MALE SINGER”. GOOD LUCK TO WP.
WP SMITH A COMMON LAST NAME BUT AN UNUSUAL SINGER, A CROSS BETWEEN CONWAY TWITTY, ELVIS, AND HIS OWN UNIQUE SOUND. HIS LATEST CD CAN BE HEARD AROUND THE WORLD ON CHRISTIAN RADIO STATIONS.
HIS RELEASE, “WAKE UP” MADE IT TO #41 ON THE TOP 100 CHARTS OF COUNTRY GOSPEL CHART
“GOD’S COUNTRY GOSPEL”. THIS INCLUDES THE UNITED STATES AND 30 FOREIGN
COUNTRIES COMBINED. THAT IS A LOT OF
AIR PLAY AND A GREAT ACHIEVEMENT FOR THE FIRST TIME OUT RELEASE.
WP CAN ALSO BE SEEN ON HIS OWN TV SHOW EACH WEEK,
“CAN I GET A WITNESS” ON SEVERAL CABLE SYSTEMS THROUGHOUT ALABAMA, AND PAX 44
AND CAN BE SEEN ON 4 OTHER SHOWS EACH WEEK ON THE CHURCH OF THE AIR TV
SHOWS. PAX AND THE OTHER CABLE SYSTEMS
GOES INTO ABOUT 3-1/2 TO 4 MILLION HOMES EACH WEEK.
WP CAN BE SEEN SINGING ALMOST ANYWHERE IN ALABAMA,
KENTUCKY, TENNESSEE, LOUISIANA, AND STILL SPREADING OUT,
SINGING AT CHURCHES, BENEFITS, FESTIVALS, AND
PRIVATE FUNCTIONS.
WHAT DO YOU GET WHEN YOU CROSS A CANARY WITH A
TIGER? THE COMEDIAN TRYING HARD NOT TO
LAUGH AT HIS JOKE, GAZES OVER THE AUDIENCE.
YOU DON’T KNOW? WELL, I DON’T
EITHER BUT YOU’D SURE BETTER LISTEN WHEN HE SINGS.
WP SMITH GIVES A BIG BELLY LAUGH ALONG WITH HIS
LISTENERS AND LIKELY AS NOT LAUNCHES INTO A FAVORITE CHRISTIAN SONG, STRUMMING
HIS GUITAR AND SHOWING THAT THIS ENTERTAINER IS A LOT MORE THAN JUST A STAND-UP
COMIC. AT EVERY PERFORMANCE A NEW
LISTENER WILL REMARK THAT WP’S PERFORMANCE SOUNDS ASTONISHINGLY LIKE THE LATE
CONWAY TWITTY, WHO WAS ONE OF WP’S FAVORITE SINGERS IN EARLIER YEARS.
WP OR BILL AS HE’S SOMETIMES CALLED, WILL BE QUICK
TO TELL YOU HE’S AN IMPORTED SOUTHERNER, HAVING BEEN BORN IN EVANSVILLE,
INDIANA ON JANUARY 2OTH, WE WILL HAVE TO GUESS THE YEAR. ABOUT 20 YEARS AGO MOVED TO ALABAMA FELL IN
LOVE WITH THE STATE, AND BECAME A SUCCESSFUL TRANSPLANT. THE TRANSPLANT BECAME EVEN MORE FIRMLY
ROOTED WHEN BILL MET AND MARRIED RITA, THE TWO OF THEM RESIDE IN BLOUNTSVILLE,
AL. RITA WORKS AT TYSON FOODS, AND
TOGETHER THEY HAVE 7 CHILDREN BETWEEN THEM. AND 13 GRAND CHILDREN. WP WILL TELL
YOU THAT’S NOT A FAMILY THAT’S A TRIBE.
FROM THE AGE OF 14 WP WAS PLAYING COUNTRY MUSIC
PROFESSIONALLY AT FAIRS, CONCERTS AND PRIVATE CLUBS OVER A LARGE AREA IN
INDIANA, ILLINOIS AND KENTUCKY.
INCLUDING AT THAT TIME, A LOCAL TV SHOW AND LOCAL RADIO SHOW.
HE WAS SUCCESSFUL AT HIS FIELD BUT SOMETHING WAS
MISSING, AND THEN HE FOUND IT AT A CHURCH REVIVAL IN INDIANA.
A LOT OF OLD NIGHT-CLUBBING FANS SOON MISSED WP
SMITH WHO NOW DID MOST OF HIS SINGING IN CHURCH FOR GOD’S GLORY. WP TOLD ME THAT IN 2001 GOD REALLY GOT HIS
ATTENTION, ON A VISIT TO THE DOCTORS OFFICE, FEELING VERY SICK, WP BLACKED OUT
BETWEEN THE WAITING AREA AND THE EXAM ROOM, AND WOKE UP THREE DAYS LATER IN
INTENSIVE CARE, HE SPENT 21 DAYS IN THE HOSPITAL, THE DOCTORS GAVE HIM 6 MONTHS
TO LIVE, BUT GOD HAD OTHER PLANS. THAT’S
A STORY IN ITSELF, INVITE HIM TO YOUR
CHURCH AND WP WILL TELL YOU WHAT THE POWER OF FAITH AND PRAYER WILL DO.
MR SMITH AND HIS WIFE RITA, ATTENDS DAYSTAR
INTERNATIONAL CHURCH IN MT. OLIVE, AL. WHERE HE IS IN THE PRAISE TEAM, THE PREACHER IS RANDY HAYS.
WP IS CURRENTLY WORKING WITH HIS CO-WRITER, DENNIS
KAHLER FROM BANGOR, ALABAMA, FOR A NEW
CD PROJECT OF ALL ORIGINAL MATERIAL. IN
JANUARY, WP’S SONG “LIGHT OF HEAVENS DOOR”, REACHED #2 ON GOD’S COUNTRY MUSIC
CHART, THIS IS COMPILED FROM AIRPLAY FROM THE UNITED STATES AND 30 FOREIGN
COUNTRIES COMBINED.
IF YOU HAVE A SINGING AND WOULD LIKE TO HAVE WP
SMITH COME SHARE HIS STORY AND MUSIC, HE CAN BE CONTACTED AT
(205) 429-2533
BY MAIL AT:
WP SMITH MUSIC MINISTRIES
PO BOX 471,
OR
EMAIL AT:
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