It Happened 50 Years Ago: O.C. Smith “Little Green Apples”
Louisiana-born musician O.C. Smith made ten appearances on Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart, all between 1967 and 1974. Three of those songs reached the Top 40, with one of those three songs hitting the Top 10. Exactly 50 years ago, that one Top 10 hit, “Little Green Apples,” climbed to a peak position of number 2.