Tuhia tētahi tohutoro mō tēnei rārangi - I uru atu a Smith ki te Ivy Benson Orchestra i te tau 1948 ka rere ki Berlin ki te whakatangi i ngā hōia i te wā o te parekura o te taone
ka tīmata. I marenatia ia ki te puoro puoro a Jack Peberdy i te Akuhata 1950 (i muri i tana whakatutukitanga ki a ia e tana papa i te huihuinga o te ra whanau 19 o te saxophonist). I uru atu a Smith ki te roopu a Freddy Randall i taua tau ano, ana ko ia me tana tane i mahi wa-katoa mo te puoro puoro mai i te 1953 ki te Hui-tanguru 1957. I te 1956, ka haere te roopu ki te United States, hei utu mo te haerenga o Louis Armstrong ki te United Kingdom. He nui nga taumahatanga o te iwi i taua wa, ana i tetahi whare tapere i North Carolina i a ia e mahi ana i te roopu i nekehia atu na te poma. I haereere a Smith me te kaupapa kotahi me Bill Haley & His Comets, a i angitu ia i te wa i tae atu ai tana rekoata o "Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered" ki te parade hit Amerika, i whakamoemiti ai etahi o nga kaiwaiata rongonui o te whenua. I pootihia a Smith hei tetahi o nga kaitakaro tenor-saxophone pai rawa atu o Ingarangi i roto i te pooti "Melody Maker" i te 1957.