Artist

Sam Smith

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The most popular songs by Sam Smith.

Did You Know?

Interesting facts and trivia about Sam Smith. By Songfacts®.

Sam Smith is the oldest child of Frederick, a house husband, and Kate Cassidy, who worked as a trader for the City broker Tullett Prebon.

After hearing 8-year-old Sam singing Whitney Houston's "My Love Is Your Love" in the car one morning on the way to school, Frederick Smith arranged singing lessons with a local jazz musician, Joanna Eden. Sam sang Frank Sinatra's "Come Fly With Me" in the first lesson, and the soundtrack to Cats in the second. Sam was often a backing singer for Joanna Eden at small London gigs.

Smith moved to London at the age of 18 and got a job as a barman, where they met songwriter Jimmy Napes. Together, they wrote "Lay Me Down," which Napes forwarded to Disclosure's managers in 2012. Smith co-wrote "Latch" that same year, a collaboration with the house duo that proved to be Sam's breakthrough hit. Smith was still working at the bar when he recorded "Latch." Sam explained to Entertainment Weekly: "You could hear it in my voice that I wanted to be doing something else. There's a real hunger behind that song."

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