Smith kept her image as the girl next door and a good Christian girl. In 1978, she had her biggest success when two of her singles went to No. 1, first starting with "Don't Break the Heart That Loves You" (a No. 1 pop hit for Connie Francis in 1962) and then followed by "It Only Hurts for a Little While" (originally by the Ames Brothers in 1956). These two songs were chart toppers. She had another hit in 1978, that reached the top 5 called "Little Things Mean a Lot", which previously had been No.1 pop hit by Kitty Kallen in 1954.