ok, don't shoot me for saying this - but i just heard Sam Smith on Saturday Night Live -
I heard he was a bartender and got his break...
this man has quite a set of pipes- got J-Lo goosies lol - right up my cornball alley (when in the mood)
a bit about him from MTV.com
Sam Smith had some nerves to shake prior to his debut as musical guest on "Saturday Night Live." The British singer recently confessed to MTV News "I'm a little bit scared, because I haven't got my album out at all, so people don't really know who I am." Following last night's powerful pair of performances, if you hadn't heard of him before, you certainly will now.
Smith, who admits to "religiously" watching "SNL" back home in the UK, started with "Stay With Me." The power ballad is off of his upcoming In The Lonely Hour album, which he released a video for this week. A gospel choir backed his soulful bravado, echoing off the Studio 8H walls. Clad in black, Smith's performance was solitary and simple, pleading with the lyrics "Won't you stay with me?/ Cause you're all I need/ This ain't love it's clear to see/ But darling stay with me."
Returning in the dim light for "Lay Me Down," Smith's second run kept the haunting vocal isolation of the first. Standing between a piano player and lone cellist Smith let his powerful voice expand, somberly summoning the sadness of the song. But instead of sitting shy and humble as he did after the first set, Sam finally allowed himself a sheepish grin as he stepped back from the mic.
