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 - Erschienen bei Columbia - Legacy am 03.05.2004
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Presenting Mamie Smith
Blues - Erschienen bei Universal Digital Enterprises am 08.04.1920
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Blues Essentials
Blues - Erschienen bei Master Classics Records am 01.06.2011
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Mamie Smith Vol. 1 (1920-1921)
Blues - Erschienen bei Document Records am 28.06.2005
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Mamie Smith Vol. 3 (1922-1923)
Blues - Erschienen bei Document Records am 28.06.2005
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Mamie Smith Vol. 2 (1921-1922)
Blues - Erschienen bei Document Records am 28.06.2005
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You Can't Keep a Good Man Down (Recordings of 1920 & 1921)
Pop - Erschienen bei Blues Classics am 31.07.2020
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Blue Notes – A Blues Survey from 1920-1960, vol. 1
Bessie Smith, Texas Alexander, Mamie Smith
Blues - Erschienen bei Phontastic am 29.03.2024
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Woman in Blues - Mamie Smith
Blues - Erschienen bei ISIS am 05.09.2022
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Deep in My Music
Jazz - Erschienen bei Deep In My Music Recordings TM am 22.10.2021
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Essential Blues Masters
Blues - Erschienen bei Master Classics Records am 24.09.2013
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Do It Mr. So-And-So
Blues - Erschienen bei Retro Music Box am 25.08.2022
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My Music My Mood My Soul
Jazz - Erschienen bei Classics Works Recordings am 24.09.2021
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Buzzy Suite Masters
Jazz - Erschienen bei Buzzy Suite Masters Recordzzz am 25.06.2021
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Fantastic Christmas Songs
Jazz - Erschienen bei Best Holidays Recordings am 10.12.2021
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All the Best Tracks
Blues - Erschienen bei Classics Works Recordings am 24.09.2021
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Me Myself and My Songs (Remastered)
Blues - Erschienen bei Underground Inside Records am 24.06.2016
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Mamie Smith Vol. 4 (1923-1942)
Blues - Erschienen bei Document Records am 28.06.2005
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Daylights Nightlights Best Songs
Jazz - Erschienen bei Daylights Nightlights Recordz TM am 28.01.2021
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Wild Mood Best Tracks
Jazz - Erschienen bei Wild Mood Best Tracks Recordings am 24.09.2021
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Delight Beautiful Tracks
Jazz - Erschienen bei Daylights Nightlights Recordz TM am 23.05.2021
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