Born: 22 February 1923
Died: 3 March 2008 (aged 85)
Real name: Norman Smith
Smith was born in Edmonton, an area of north London. He would serve in the RAF in World War 2 and then was in an unsuccessful jazz group. After this he became an engineer at EMI’s studios where he would work on all The Beatles recordings up to the release of ‘Rubber Soul’. He would go on to work as an engineer and producer with Pink Floyd and The Pretty Things amongst others. His first hit was ‘Don’t Let It Die’ which he had written and hoped that John Lennon would record. Producer Mickie Most heard his demo of the track and persuaded Smith to release it himself. It would peak at 2 in the UK. He would see 2 further UK chart hits with the first of those, ‘Oh, Babe, What Would You Say’ (#4), giving him the first of 2 US hits where it went to 3, his best peak.
| Date of entry | Song | Peak (weeks at 1) | Weeks |
| 20-Aug-1971 | Don’t Let It Die | 14 | 5 |
| Total hits | 1 | ||
| Total weeks | 5 |
| Biggest climber awards | 0 |
| Star rater climbs | 0 |
| Biggest fallers | 0 |
| Weeks with oldest in the charts | 0 |
| Longest run in the charts (weeks) | 5 |
| Weeks with more than 1 in the charts | 0 |
| Biggest gap between hits (weeks) | 0 |
| Top 30 points ranking | =1068 |
| Top 20 points ranking | =1057 |
| Top 30 points | 71 |
| Top 20 points | 21 |
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