Major Smith
The only 45 that the obscure Major Smith seems to have recorded is a fine
Muscle Shoals double sider. The bouncy “I Don’t Believe Nothin’” is
one of those small town tales that Joe Tex made his own, a series of gossip
indiscretions about various characters that the sceptical Major doesn’t
take at face value. 
Payin’ With My Own Tears on the other
hand is a minor keyed deep soul ballad, with bluesy cadences a la Bobby Bland.
Smith can’t match the great man’s range of course, but his quiet,
rather breathy delivery carries its own agonies. A lovely side.
This came out on Stan Lewis’ eponymous and short lived label in the late 60s – there is another class 45 by Miss Soul on the same imprint that southern soul enthusiasts should watch out for.