Dubbed "Mr. Smooth" for his warm, velvety vocal approach, Jerry Wallace scored a pair of pop smashes during the late 1950s before enjoying even greater commercial success as a country singer. Born in Guilford, Missouri on December 15, 1928, Wallace was the son of a grocery store owner--after a brief stay in Arizona, he settled in Hollywood, and following a U.S. Navy stint he signed to the Allied label to cut a series of little-noticed singles including "Little Miss One," "That's What a Woman Can Do" and "Runnin' After Love." Upon signing to the Challenger label, Wallace notched a Top 20 pop hit via 1958's "How the Time Flies," followed a year later by the million-selling "Primrose Lane"--however, his pop career quickly stalled, and for a time he focused on his acting career, appearing in two 1964 features, #Flipper's New Adventure and #Goodbye Charlie.
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