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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You Can't Keep a Good Man Down (Recordings of 1920 & 1921)
Pop - Blues Classics 発売日 2020/07/31
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Blue Notes – A Blues Survey from 1920-1960, vol. 1
Bessie Smith, Texas Alexander, Mamie Smith
Blues - Phontastic 発売日 2024/03/29
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Buzzy Suite Masters
Jazz - Buzzy Suite Masters Recordzzz 発売日 2021/06/25
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Fantastic Christmas Songs
Jazz - Best Holidays Recordings 発売日 2021/12/10
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Me Myself and My Songs (Remastered)
Blues - Underground Inside Records 発売日 2016/06/24
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Riding Where Sunshine
Jazz - Riding Where Sunshine Records 発売日 2021/10/22
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Sensational Flight Call
Jazz - Sensational Flight Call Recording 発売日 2021/09/24
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The Best of Christmas Holidays (Fantastic Relaxing Songs) (Remastered)
Blues - Nueva Era Recordings 発売日 2016/12/01
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Listen My Shuffle (Remastered)
Blues - Underground Inside Records 発売日 2016/07/08
16-Bit CD音質 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
My Happy Heaven (Remastered)
Blues - Underground Inside Records 発売日 2016/03/11
16-Bit CD音質 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
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Complete Recorded Works, 1920-1921, Vol. 1 (Hq Remastered)
Jazz - Vintage Recordings 発売日 2022/07/02
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Complete Recorded Works, Vol. 4 (HD Remastered)
Blues - Reborn recordings 発売日 2019/03/11
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Milestones of Legends - Female Blues, Vol. 1
Mamie Smith, Bessie Smith, Rega Orchestra
Blues - Intense Media GmbH 発売日 2018/03/18
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Complete Recorded Works, Vol. 2 (1921-1922) (HD Remastered)
Blues - Reborn recordings 発売日 2019/03/07
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Female Crazy Blues (Classic Mood Experience)
Blues - Classic Mood Experience 発売日 2021/09/24
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Wonderful Soundtrack (Remastered)
Blues - Almrec Muzik Remastered 発売日 2016/06/03
16-Bit CD音質 44.1 kHz - Stereo