Mamie Smith
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.
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Crazy Blues: The Best Of Mamie Smith
Pop/Rock - Editado por Columbia - Legacy el 3/05/2004
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Presenting Mamie Smith
Blues - Editado por Universal Digital Enterprises el 8/04/1920
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Mamie Smith Vol. 1 (1920-1921)
Blues - Editado por Document Records el 28/06/2005
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Mamie Smith Vol. 3 (1922-1923)
Blues - Editado por Document Records el 28/06/2005
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You Can't Keep a Good Man Down (Recordings of 1920 & 1921)
Pop - Editado por Blues Classics el 31/07/2020
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Blue Notes – A Blues Survey from 1920-1960, vol. 1
Bessie Smith, Texas Alexander, Mamie Smith
Blues - Editado por Phontastic el 29/03/2024
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Deep in My Music
Jazz - Editado por Deep In My Music Recordings TM el 22/10/2021
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Essential Blues Masters
Blues - Editado por Master Classics Records el 24/09/2013
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Buzzy Suite Masters
Jazz - Editado por Buzzy Suite Masters Recordzzz el 25/06/2021
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Fantastic Christmas Songs
Jazz - Editado por Best Holidays Recordings el 10/12/2021
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Me Myself and My Songs (Remastered)
Blues - Editado por Underground Inside Records el 24/06/2016
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Mamie Smith Vol. 4 (1923-1942)
Blues - Editado por Document Records el 28/06/2005
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Daylights Nightlights Best Songs
Jazz - Editado por Daylights Nightlights Recordz TM el 28/01/2021
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Wild Mood Best Tracks
Jazz - Editado por Wild Mood Best Tracks Recordings el 24/09/2021
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Delight Beautiful Tracks
Jazz - Editado por Daylights Nightlights Recordz TM el 23/05/2021
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Time Songs Imagination
Jazz - Editado por Time Songs Imagination Music Rec el 24/09/2021
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The Great Masterpieces Maker
Jazz - Editado por Great Masterpieces Maker Recordings Ltd el 23/05/2021
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Riding Where Sunshine
Jazz - Editado por Riding Where Sunshine Records el 22/10/2021
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Sensational Flight Call
Jazz - Editado por Sensational Flight Call Recording el 24/09/2021
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City Bouncing Uptown
Jazz - Editado por City Bouncing Uptown Muzik el 24/09/2021
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The Best of Christmas Holidays (Fantastic Relaxing Songs) (Remastered)
Blues - Editado por Nueva Era Recordings el 1/12/2016
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