A week old almost, but country music singer Margo Smith, known for her yodeling and covers of two late 1950s/early 1960s pop hits that she took to No. 1 on the country chart in 1978, dead at 84, complications from a stroke.
The songs covered:
* “Don’t Break the Heart That Loves You,” a cover of Connie Francis’ 1962 No. 1 pop hit.
* “It Only Hurts For a Little While,” originally by the Ames Brothers and a top 15 pop hit in 1956.
Margo was a celebrity the week of March 25-29, 1980 on “The Hollywood Squares,” a country music-themed week of episodes. Of all the stars who appeared that week, Jim Stafford is the last surviving of the lot; Tammy Wynette, three Georges (Lindsey, Goebel and Jones), Minnie Pearl, Mel Tillis and Roy Clark had passed earlier.
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