In an idea originated by the Smiths Potato Crisps Company Ltd, formed in 1920, Frank Smith originally packaged a twist of salt with his crisps in greaseproof paper bags, which were then sold around London.

Although they had limited commercial success outside the UK while they were still together, and never released a single that charted higher than number 10 in their home country, The Smiths won a significant following, and remain cult and commercial favourites.

The Smiths were formed in early 1982 by Steven Patrick Morrissey, a writer who was a big fan of the New York Dolls and briefly fronted punk rock band The Nosebleeds ; and John Maher, a guitarist and songwriter.

The Smiths were the subject of a South Bank Show documentary produced by LWT and broadcast by ITV on 18 October 1987, four months after their break-up and three weeks after the release of Strangeways.

In March 1989, Joyce and Rourke started legal proceedings against their former bandmates, arguing that they were equal partners in The Smiths and each entitled to a 25 percent share of the band's profits on all activities other than songwriting and publishing.

" To me, The Smiths were a beautiful thing and Johnny left it, and Mike has destroyed it.

Morrissey's lyrics, while superficially depressing, were often full of mordant humour ; John Peel remarked that The Smiths were one of the few bands capable of making him laugh out loud.

Simon Goddard argued in 2007 that as " the one truly vital voice of the ' 80s, The Smiths were the most influential British guitar group of the decade.

Yet even while leading bands from the Britpop movement were influenced by The Smiths, they were at odds with the " basic anti-establishment philosophies of Morrissey and The Smiths ", since Britpop " was an entirely commercial construct.

* In November 2006, the Smiths Falls production plant in Ontario, Canada temporarily shut down and several products were voluntarily recalled after concerns over salmonella contamination possibly found in soy lecithin within their production line.

During 1930, there were five families living on the shores of the lake year-round, the Waskeys, Polleys, Hansons, Yakos, and Smiths.

Smith had a good friend who suggested the name Smithville, but Smith thought that there were too many Smiths in the world, and instead chose to give the town his middle name.

They were scattered along the highway from Keese Mill and McColloms to Paul Smiths to Easy Street to the Split Rock Road and to Rainbow Lake and Jones Pond.

Two small communities were established: Mound City and a lower settlement sometimes referred to as Smiths Grove.

In 1844, Taylor was with church founder Joseph Smith, Jr., his brother Hyrum Smith, and fellow LDS leader Willard Richards in the Carthage, Illinois jail when the Smiths were killed by a mob.

At the request of Hyrum Smith ( Joseph Smith's brother ), he twice sang the song " A Poor Wayfaring Man of Grief " in Carthage Jail just before the Smiths were killed.

He and his brother so distinguished themselves that their school-fellows signed a round-robin " refusing to try for the college prizes if the Smiths were allowed to contend for them any more ".

* The Smiths were due to release the single " Stop Me If You Think You've Heard This One Before " around the time of the massacre.

" While Schultzberg was with the band, several early works were recorded, including their first 7 " single " Bruise Pristine ", the " Come Home " EP, the single version of " Nancy Boy " ( with B-sides " Slackerbitch ", " Miss Moneypenny ", and the Smiths cover " Bigmouth Strikes Again ") and their eponymous debut album.

Talking Heads, Queen, Joy Division, Magazine, Elvis Costello, The Smiths and Sonic Youth were early influences on Radiohead and Yorke.

* 1963 – Mike Joyce, English drummer ( The Smiths and Buzzcocks )

* 1964 – Andy Rourke, English bass guitarist ( The Smiths and Freebass )

* The Smiths – promotional posters, sleeve details, discography, songs, lyrics in English, Spanish and Catalan.

Thirty-five years later ( in 2006 ) fellow Mancunian Johnny Marr of English alternative rock band The Smiths said:

Stephen Street ( born 29 March 1960 ) is an English music producer best known for his work with The Smiths in the 1980s, as well as Blur and The Cranberries in the 1990s.

Morrissey, born Steven Patrick Morrissey, English singer-songwriter and former lead singer of The Smiths

Fox also appeared as English valet Malcolm Meriweather on The Andy Griffith Show and in Knight Rider as Commander Smiths in season 2 episode 8.

Rank is a live album by the English rock band The Smiths.

" Suffer Little Children " is a song by the English rock band The Smiths, that was included on their eponymous debut album in 1984.

The group evolved from " The Smiths " ( not to be confused with later English band " The Smiths "), which featured two of the same members, and had attempted a hit single with " Now I Taste The Tears ", produced and arranged by Ron Budnik.

The band was once lauded as " conceivably the most important English group since The Smiths " by Melody Maker music newspaper.

Stop Me is a compilation album by English band The Smiths.

The Smiths have influenced a number of alternative rock bands.

From their initial releases until 1995 Living Field album, the pillows music was categorized as a blend of alternative rock and jazz experimentation under the influence of British bands such as The Smiths and The Stone Roses.

In 1984 a majority of acts that signed to independent labels such as The Smiths were mining various rock influences becoming an alternative to the Second Invasion.

Café Tacuba was principally influenced by alternative rock bands of the 1980s such as The Cure, The Clash, The Smiths, and Violent Femmes.

Indie pop is a genre of alternative rock music that originated in the United Kingdom in the mid-1980s, with its roots in Scottish post-punk bands on the Postcard Records label in the early ' 80s ( Josef K and Orange Juice ) and the dominant UK independent band of the mid -' 80s, The Smiths.

Formed in Oslo, the band was influenced by 1980s alternative groups such as The Smiths and The Cure.

Many popular alternative artists have appeared on NME compilations, including The Smiths, Blur, Franz Ferdinand, The Stone Roses and The Libertines.

" Panic " is a song by the British alternative rock band The Smiths, written by singer Morrissey and guitarist Johnny Marr.

The Hot Dance Singles Sales once included non-dance songs and singles without dance remixes if they were released as maxi singles, including singles by such artists as the Industrial metal band Ministry and alternative rock band The Smiths.