Betsy smittle biography

American country singer (born 1962)

This article is about the performer. For his eponymous album, see Garth Brooks (album).

Troyal Garth Brooks (born February 7, 1962) is an American country singer and songwriter. His integration of pop and rock elements into the country genre has earned him his immense popularity, particularly in the United States, with success on the country music single and album charts, multi-platinum recordings and record-breaking live performances, while also crossing over into the mainstream pop arena.

Brooks is the only artist in music history to have released nine albums that were certified Diamond by the Recording Industry Association of America (surpassing The Beatles' former record of six); those albums are Garth Brooks (diamond), No Fences (17× platinum), Ropin' the Wind (14× platinum), The Chase (diamond), In Pieces (diamond), The Hits (diamond), Sevens (diamond), Double Live (21× platinum), and The Ultimate Hits (diamond). Since 1989, Brooks has released 27 records in all, which include 17 studio albums, two live albums, three compilation albums, three Christmas albums, and four box sets, along with 77 singles. He has won several awards in his career, including two Grammy Awards, 17 American Music Awards (including "Artist of the '90s") and the RIAA Award for best-selling solo albums artist of the century in the U.S.

Troubled by conflicts between career and family, Brooks retired from recording and performing from 2001 until 2005. During this time, he sold millions of albums through an exclusive distribution deal with Walmart and sporadically released new singles. In 2005, Brooks started a partial comeback, giving select performances and releasing two compilation albums. In 2009, he began Garth at Wynn, a periodic weekend concert residency at Las Vegas's Encore Theatre from December 2009 to January 2

HarriettElizabeth(Betsy)Smittle

Daughter of James Perry Smittle I and Colleen Carroll (McElroy) Brooks

Sister of Jerome Paul Smittle I and Garth Brooks[half]

[spouse(s) unknown]

[children unknown]

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Biography

Elizabeth was born on 3 February 1953 in Tulsa, Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States. She was the daughter of James Perry Smittle I and Colleen Carroll (McElroy) Brooks.

Elizabeth died at the age of 60 on 2 November 2013 in Tulsa, Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States. Cause: from cancer. Elizabeth was buried after 2 November 2013 in Tulsa, Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States.

Obituary:
Harriet Elizabeth (Betsy) Smittle Tulsa World (OK) - Sunday, December 1, 2013 Harriet Elizabeth (Betsy) Smittle passed from this life early on Saturday, November 2, 2013 at the age of 60. After bravely fighting a two-year battle with ovarian cancer, Betsy died peacefully in her homesurroundedbyherfamilyand a number of her devoted friends. Betsy was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma on February 3, 1953, the daughter and third child of James Perry Smittle I and Colleen Carol (McElroy) Smittle. She spent her early childhood here in Tulsa until her family moved to Yukon, Oklahoma in 1966 where Betsy graduated from Yukon High School in 1971. After graduation, Betsy returned to Tulsa where she pursued a career as a musician. She played for many years in the Tulsa area, performing at various times with Anne Bell, Gus Hardin, Leon Russell, and Ronnie Dunn, to name only a few of the musicians with whom she shared the stage. According to Betsy, the highlight of her career was from 1990 to 1995 when she played bass guitar with her brother Garth Brooks, touring the country and performing before thousands. Betsy then signed to her own solo re

Colleen Carroll (McElroy) Brooks was born July 10, 1929 in Missouri, as the daughter of William Andrew McElroy and Nell (Hedges) Cooper.

Colleen is probably best known for being Garth Brooks' mom, but she had her own country music career in the 1950’s. The former Colleen Carroll appeared on the influential and pioneering radio and television show Ozark Jubilee and recorded several sides for different labels, including her son's future employer, Capitol Records.

The limited examples of Carroll's work include, "No Tellin'" and "Blue Bonnet Waltz," the two songs off a 1955 release by Kansas City, Mo. based Cardinal Records. "No Tellin'," a biting takedown of a would-be suitor, falls in line with the stand-up bass-driven "hillbilly" stompers of the time. "Blue Bonnet Waltz" is a sentimental dance tune written by Al Clauser, a guitarist and songwriter sometimes credited with coining the term Western swing. 

Colleen's talent might have led to fame and fortune, but it was hard to be a female singer back then, and even harder if you were married and had children. Colleen loved music, but she loved family life even more. Colleen married Troyal Raymond Brooks who was a draughtsman for an oil company in his earlier years on January 27, 1957. Raymond and Colleen are the beloved parents of Jerome, James, Garth, Betsy, Kelly and Michael. Jerome and Betsy were Colleen’s children from her first marriage to James Perry Smittle.
 

Although Garth’s musical story gets told as if he stepped away from sports during college and picked up a guitar for the first time as an adult, the country superstar already performed the music he'd learned to love as a little baby with his parents and siblings."Friday and Saturday nights at the house, Jerry played guitar, Jim played the harmonica, Mike played guitar, Betsy played guitar, and, of course, Dad played guitar," Brooks told Playboy in 1994. "Mom sang her butt off, Dad sang, Betsy sang, Jerry sang,