Mamie Smith
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Biography
[Edit]Though technically not a blues performer, Mamie Smith notched her place in American music as the first black female singer to record a vocal blues. That record was "Crazy Blues" (recorded August 10, 1920), which sold a million copies in its first six months and made record labels aware of the huge potential market for "race records"; thus paving the way for Bessie Smith (no relation) and other blues and jazz performers. An entertainer who sported a powerful, penetrating, feminine voice with belting vaudeville qualities, as opposed to blues inflections, Smith toured as a dancer with Tutt-Whitney's Smart Set Company in her early teens, and sang in Harlem clubs before World War I. Apparently, Smith's pioneering recording session was an accident, since she was filling in for Sophie Tucker, but the success of the record made her wealthy.
Soon thereafter, Smith began touring and recording with a band called the Jazz Hounds, which featured such jazz notables as Coleman Hawkins, Bubber Miley, Johnny Dunn, and more, and she toured with the bands of Andy Kirk and Fats Pichon in the 1930s. She also appeared in several films, including Paradise in Harlem late in her life (1939). She recorded several sides for OKeh during her heyday; one unissued take of "My Sportin' Man" is included on Columbia's Roots N' Blues Retrospective 1925-1950 box set. In the 1980s, all of her recordings were reissued on LP by the imported Document label. ~ Richard S. Ginell, Rovi
Collections
Title: Divas of the 1920's
Genre: Pop
Title: The History of Blues: Two
Genre: Blues
Title: Women In Blues
Genre: Jazz
Title: Roots 'n' Blues - The Retrospective (1925-1950)
Genre: Blues
Title: Stomp and Swerve: American Music Gets Hot
Genre: Pop
Title: Folk, Gospel & Blues: Will the Circle Be Unbroken
Genre: Blues
Title: Jazz in the Charts Vol. 2 (1921 - 1923)
Genre: Jazz
Title: Tight Women and Loose Bands 1921-1931
Genre: Jazz
Title: Ladies Sing the Blues
Genre: Jazz
Title: Ladies Sing The Blues Vol 2
Genre: Blues
Title: Jazz the World Forgot Volume 1
Genre: Rock
Title: Blues Ramblers - The Essential Masters
Genre: Blues
Title: 100 Early Blues Recordings
Genre: Blues
Title: Evil Devil Woman Blues
Genre: Blues
Title: Stars of the Apollo (Live)
Title: 100 Vocal & Jazz Classics - Vol. 1 (1921-1927)
Genre: Jazz
Title: Roots of American Blues
Genre: Blues
Title: 100 Jazz Classics Of The '20s & '30s
Genre: Jazz
Title: 100 Cash Poor Blues
Genre: Blues
Title: Lost Blues & Old Time Folk Songs
Genre: Pop
Title: Jazz In the Charts, Vol. 1 (1917-1921)
Genre: Jazz
Title: After You've Gone
Genre: Jazz
Title: Blues Women Anthology 9 (CD2)
Genre: Blues
Title: The Ladies In Blues CD1
Genre: Blues
Title: Roots N' Blues: The Retrospective, 1925 - 1950 (Disc 2)
Genre: Blues, Gospel, World Music, Country
Title: Okeh Blues Story (CD1)
Genre: Blues, Rockabilly
Title: The OKeh Blues Story (CD1)
Genre: Blues
Title: 100 Blues Classics & Greatest Blues Hits (CD2)
Genre: Blues
Title: Living The Blues ~ Blues Roots 1920-1930
Genre: Blues
Title: The Blues: A Musical Journey (Martin Scorsese) (CD1)
Genre: Blues
Title: Essential Women In Blues - House Of Blues (CD2)
Genre: Blues
Title: Messed Up In Love And Other Tales Of Woe
Genre: Blues
Title: Play Blues Pioneers
Genre: Blues
Title: Rough Guide To Blues Women
Genre: Blues
Title: The Rough Guide To Blues Women
Genre: Blues
Title: The Complete History Of The Blues 1920-1962 (CD1)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Blues
Title: 100 Greatest Songs Of The 1920s (CD1)
Genre: Soul, Vocal Jazz, Pop
Title: The Rough Guide To Blues Divas
Genre: Blues
Title: Bill Wyman's Blues Odyssey
Genre: Blues
Title: 1920S Ladies Sing The Blues
Genre: Blues
Title: Blue Fish Collection (CD1)
Genre: Blues
Title: My Favorite Song (Top Jazz Hits)
Genre: Jazz, Vocal Jazz
Title: Blues For Your Evening (CD1)
Genre: Blues
Title: Blues For Your Evening 2023 (CD1)
Genre: Blues
Title: Blues In The Garden (CD1)
Genre: Blues
Title: Blues In The Garden (CD2)
Genre: Blues
Title: State Of Mind Blues (CD1)
Genre: Blues
Featuring albums
Title: Beginners (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: St. Louis Blues (Jazz Age - a Hommage to the Great Gatsby Era 1920 - 1921)
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Pop
Title: Epic Americana: Pre-War Blues, Country & Folk
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Blues, Country, Songwriter/Lyricist
