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Mamie Smith (née Robinson; May 26, 1891 [1] – August or September 16, 1946) was an American singer. As a vaudeville singer, she performed in multiple styles, including jazz and blues . In 1920, she entered blues history as the first African-American artist to make vocal blues recordings.
Mamie Smith and Her Jazz Hounds recorded it on August 10, 1920, [2] which was released that year by Okeh Records (4169-A). [1] [3] The stride pianist Willie "The Lion" Smith appeared in photographs associated with the recording session, although Bradford claimed to have played piano on the recording (albeit buried in the mix). Within a month of ...
While in New York City, Bradford convinced Frederick W. Hager, of Okeh Records, to record Mamie Smith and became her musical director. [3] [6] Smith starred in Bradford's show Made in Harlem (1918). Bradford was also responsible for Smith being the first African-American blues singer to appear on record (singing his "Crazy Blues") in 1920. [4] [7]
It features Mamie Smith, who was a top star in Black Vaudeville and a recording artist with Okeh Records. By the time Jailhouse Blues was made her contract with Okeh had ended. Basil Smith directed. [1] The film and its soundtrack have been rediscovered. [2]
The Boswells came to be well known locally while still in their early teens, making appearances in New Orleans theaters and on radio. They made their first recordings for Victor Records in 1925, which included "Cryin' Blues", wherein Connee is featured singing in the style of her early influence, African-American singer Mamie Smith. The Boswell ...
Beginners (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) is the soundtrack to the 2011 film of the same name directed by Mike Mills.The album featured selections of contemporary classical, folk and jazz numbers, from artists such as Hoagy Carmichael, Gene Austin, Jelly Roll Morton, Mamie Smith and Josephine Baker as well as cues from the original score collaboratively composed by Roger Neill, Dave ...
Bradford persuaded the white executive of Okeh Records, Fred Hager, to record Mamie Smith, a black artist who did not fit the mold of popular white music. [7] In 1920, Smith created her "Crazy Blues"/"It's Right Here for You" recording, which sold 75,000 copies to a majority-black audience in the first month.
Smith (who was unrelated to Mamie Smith) had toured on the T.O.B.A. circuit since 1912, originally as a chorus girl; by 1918 she was appearing in her own revue in Atlantic City, New Jersey. [13] She struggled initially to be recorded—three companies turned her down before she was signed by Columbia. She eventually became the highest-paid ...