Steve Smith (singer)

Steve Smith (born September 20, 1945) is an American singer best known from television's "The Lawrence Welk Show".

Born and raised in San Francisco, California; he graduated from San Lorenzo High School and attended Westmont College where he met fellow Westmont students Bob Duncan, Greg Dixon and Johnny Johnson. The foursome sang all over campus as a quartet which in 1965, drew the attention of bandleader Lawrence Welk. They were at the Hollywood Palladium watching Welk's music makers perform when they got the chance to audition for the Maestro.

The Blenders, with Smith singing lead tenor, joined the show later that year and were an popular fixture of the Musical Family until they broke up in 1967.

Steve stayed on as a featured vocalist, and in addition to solo numbers, sang as either part of a barber shop quartet and as lead vocals in the Curt Ramsey Quintet.

He left the show in 1969 to pursue a solo career of his own, which included stints on "The Carol Burnett Show" and as part of the 1950s group The Diamonds.

Today, Steve and his wife, Hope, live in the Lake Tahoe valley where they operate a ski resort, while he still pursues singing.