Mamie Smith

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Crazy Blues 03:29 Tools
That Da Da Strain 00:00 Tools
Goin' Crazy with the Blues 00:00 Tools
My Sportin' Man 00:00 Tools
That Thing Called Love (7275) 00:00 Tools
Jenny's Ball 00:00 Tools
Golfing Papa 00:00 Tools
You Can't Do What My Last Man Did 00:00 Tools
Kansas City Man Blues 00:00 Tools
You Can't Keep a Good Man Down 00:00 Tools
The Darktown Flappers Ball 00:00 Tools
It's Right Here For You 00:00 Tools
Mean Man 00:00 Tools
Miss Jenny's Ball (aka There'll Be No Freebies At Miss Jenny's Ball) 00:00 Tools
Keep A Song In Your Soul 00:00 Tools
Fare Thee Honey Blues 00:00 Tools
Frankie Blues 00:00 Tools
Don't Care Blues 00:00 Tools
Lady Luck Blues 00:00 Tools
Dangerous Blues 00:00 Tools
Lovin' Sam From Alabam 00:00 Tools
Mem'ries Of You Mammy 00:00 Tools
Sweet Man O' Mine 00:00 Tools
The Road Is Rocky 00:00 Tools
Mamie Smith Blues 00:00 Tools
If You Don't Want Me Blues 00:00 Tools
Don't You Advertise Your Man 00:00 Tools
Jazzbo Ball 00:00 Tools
"U" Need Some Lovin' Blues 00:00 Tools
I Ain't Gonna Give Nobody None O' This Jelly Roll 00:00 Tools
What Have I Done? 00:00 Tools
I Want A Jazzy Kiss 00:00 Tools
That Da Da Strain (From "Beginners") 00:00 Tools
New Orleans 00:00 Tools
Royal Garden Blues (Instrumental) 00:00 Tools
Daddy, Your Mama Is Lonesome For You 00:00 Tools
Sax-O-Phoney Blues 00:00 Tools
Baby, You Made Me Fall For You (Instrumental) 00:00 Tools
Lonesome Mama Blues 00:00 Tools
Stuttering (Instrumental) 00:00 Tools
Shim-Me-King's Blues (Instrumental) 00:00 Tools
Old Time Blues (Instrumental) 00:00 Tools
The Wang, Wang Blues 00:00 Tools
Alabama Blues 00:00 Tools
Mean Daddy Blues 00:00 Tools
Down Home Blues 00:00 Tools
Royal Garden Blues 00:00 Tools
Harlem Blues 00:00 Tools
The Lure Of The South 00:00 Tools
You Can Have Him, I Don't Want Him, Didn't Love Him Anyhow Blues 00:00 Tools
I'm Gonna Get You 00:00 Tools
Wabash Blues 00:00 Tools
That Old Thing Called Love (7790) (Instrumental) 00:00 Tools
You Can'y Keep A Good Man Down (Instrumental) 00:00 Tools
Got To Cool My Doggies Now 00:00 Tools
Sighin' Around With The Blues 00:00 Tools
My Mammy's Blues 00:00 Tools
I'm Free, Single, Disengaged, Looking For Someone To Love 00:00 Tools
You've Got To See Mamma Ev'ry Night 00:00 Tools
Wish That I Could But I Can't Forgive You Blues 00:00 Tools
A-Wearin' Away the Blues 00:00 Tools
Sweet Virginia Blues 00:00 Tools
Good Looking Papa 00:00 Tools
Plain Old Blues 00:00 Tools
Don't Mess With Me 00:00 Tools
The Decatur Street Blues 00:00 Tools
Mistreatin' Daddy Blues 00:00 Tools
Let's Agree To Disagree 00:00 Tools
Old Time Blues 00:00 Tools
Crazy Blues (78rpm Version) 00:00 Tools
Goin' Crazy With The Blues (Take 1) 00:00 Tools
Get Hot 00:00 Tools
Arkansas Blues 00:00 Tools
Sweet Cookie 00:00 Tools
Stop! Rest A While 00:00 Tools
Dem Knock-Out Blues 00:00 Tools
Lost Opportunity Blues 00:00 Tools
Arkansas Blues (A Down Home Chant) 00:00 Tools
Railroad Blues 00:00 Tools
Lord! Lord! 00:00 Tools
Wonderful Mammy 00:00 Tools
Weepin' 00:00 Tools
Doo-Dah Blues 00:00 Tools
Mame Whip! Mama Spank! 00:00 Tools
Remorseful Blues 00:00 Tools
Do It Mr. So-And-So 00:00 Tools
Oh, Joe (Please Don't Go) 00:00 Tools
A Little Kind Treatment 00:00 Tools
A Wearin' Away The Blues 00:00 Tools
Do It, Mr So-And-So 00:00 Tools
Those Longing For You Blues (Instrumental) 00:00 Tools
Don’t Mess With Me 00:00 Tools
The Jail House Blues 00:00 Tools
The Road Is Rocky (But I'm Gonna Find My Way) 00:00 Tools
Strut Your Material (Instrumental) 00:00 Tools
What You Need Is Me 00:00 Tools
My Sweet Man 00:00 Tools
Good Time Ball 00:00 Tools
Just Like You Took My Man Away From Me 00:00 Tools
The Darktown Flapper's Ball 00:00 Tools
Mama Whip! Mama Spank! 00:00 Tools
Do It, Mr. So-And-So 00:00 Tools
Dem Knock-Out-Blues 00:00 Tools
'U' Need Some Lovin' Blues 00:00 Tools
CRAZY BLUES 00:00 Tools
Crazy Blues (1920s) 00:00 Tools
I Once Was Yours I'm Somebody Else's Now 00:00 Tools
There's Only One Man (That Satisfies Me) 00:00 Tools
One Train He'll Come 00:00 Tools
Crazy Blues - Remastered 00:00 Tools
What Have You Done To Make Me Feel This Way (Take 2) 00:00 Tools
The Lure Of The South (Live) 00:00 Tools
The Decatur Street Blues (Instrumental) 00:00 Tools
The Darktown Flappers' Ball 00:00 Tools
Carolina Blues (Instrumental) 00:00 Tools
What You Need Is Me (And What I Need Is You) 00:00 Tools
You've Got to See Mama Ev'ry Night - Or You Can't See Mama At All 00:00 Tools
Stuttering 00:00 Tools
Those Longing For You Blues 00:00 Tools
Rambling Blues (Instrumental) 00:00 Tools
Goin' Crazy With The Blues (Take 2) 00:00 Tools
Crazy Blues [78rpm Version] 00:00 Tools
Crazy Blues [1920] 00:00 Tools
Strut Your Material 00:00 Tools
The Road Is Rocky (But I Am Gonna Find My Way) 00:00 Tools
You Can't Keep a Good Man Down (instrumental) 00:00 Tools
It's Right Here For Your (If You Don't Get It-'Tain't No Fault O'Mine) 00:00 Tools
You've Got To See Mama Ev'ry Night 00:00 Tools
Party Games 00:00 Tools
What Have You Done to Make Me Feel This Way (Take 3) 00:00 Tools
You've Got to See Mama Ev'ry Night (Or You Can't See Mama at All) - Remastered 00:00 Tools
That Thing called Love (instrumental) 00:00 Tools
Baby, You Made Me Fall For You 00:00 Tools
Kansas City Man Blues (78rpm Version) 00:00 Tools
Dangerous Blues - Remastered 00:00 Tools
Cubanita (Instrumental) 00:00 Tools
Rambling blues 00:00 Tools
Carolina Blues 00:00 Tools
That Da Da Stain 00:00 Tools
I Once Was Yours, I'm Somebody Else's Now 00:00 Tools
Fare Thee Honey Blues - Remastered 00:00 Tools
Lonesome Mama Blues - Remastered 00:00 Tools
You Can Have Him, I Don't Want Him Blues - Remastered 00:00 Tools
You Can't Keep a Good Man Down - Remastered 00:00 Tools
Cubanita 00:00 Tools
What Have You Done To Make Me Feel This Way? 00:00 Tools
Shim-Me-King's Blues 00:00 Tools
Lovin' Sam From Alabama 00:00 Tools
Mama Blues 00:00 Tools
Lady Luck Blues - Mamie Smith 00:00 Tools
100 Needles For Zil 00:00 Tools
It's Right Here for You (If You Don't Get It - 'Taint No Fault O' Mine) 00:00 Tools
What Have I Done 00:00 Tools
Shakespeare : Twelfth Night - Part 1 00:00 Tools
You Can Have Him, I Don't Want Him Blues 00:00 Tools
Sweet man o` mine 00:00 Tools
The Lure Of The South - Live 00:00 Tools
Darktown Flappers Ball 00:00 Tools
Oh, Joe (please don`t go) 00:00 Tools
Mamie Smith - Crazy Blues (1920s) 00:00 Tools
What Have You Done to Make Me Feel This Way 00:00 Tools
Goin' Crazy With The Blues [Take 1] 00:00 Tools
U Need Some Lovin' Blues 00:00 Tools
Royal Garden Blues - Remastered 00:00 Tools
Let`s agree to disagree 00:00 Tools
There`s only one man (that satisfies me) 00:00 Tools
Miss Jenny's Ball 00:00 Tools
Kansas City Man Blues - 78rpm Version 00:00 Tools
I`m free, single, disengaged, looking for someone to love 00:00 Tools
A wearin` away the blues 00:00 Tools
Weepin` 00:00 Tools
Wish That I Could But I Can't Forgive You 00:00 Tools
There's Only One Man - That Satisfies Me 00:00 Tools
103. MAMMIE SMITH - Crazy Blues 00:00 Tools
Crazy Blues - 1920 00:00 Tools
Mama Whip! Mama Spank! (If Her Daddy Don't Come Home) 00:00 Tools
One Perfect Moment 00:00 Tools
Goin' Crazy With The Blues - Mamie Smith 00:00 Tools
Lovin' Sam 00:00 Tools
Crazy Blues - Original 00:00 Tools
Goin' Crazy with the Blues - Mamie Smith, Johnson, J.C. 00:00 Tools
Jenny's Ball - Mamie Smith, Reed, Jimmy [1] 00:00 Tools
It's Right Here For You (If You Don't Get It, 'Tain't No Fault Of Mine) 00:00 Tools
Goin' Crazy With the Blues (1926) 00:00 Tools
A-Wearin' Away Blues 00:00 Tools
Goin' Crazy with the Blues 1926 00:00 Tools
Shakespeare : Twelfth Night - Part 2 00:00 Tools
You've Got to See Mama Ev'ry Night (Or You Can't See Mama At All) 00:00 Tools
Thoes Longing For You Blues (Instrumental) 00:00 Tools
Shakespeare : Twelfth Night - Part 3 00:00 Tools
Ave Maria 00:00 Tools
Decatur Street Blues (instrumental) 14-2-1922 00:00 Tools
Can't Fight 00:00 Tools
What Have You Done to Make Me Feel This Way - Mamie Smith, Johnson, J.C. 00:00 Tools
The Lure of the South - Mamie Smith, Razof, A. 00:00 Tools
Mamie Smith / Jenny's Ball 00:00 Tools
Mamie Smith And Her Jazz Hounds / Crazy Blues 00:00 Tools
Frankie Blues (21 Feb 1921) 00:00 Tools
Lovin' Sam From Alabam (6 Nov 1920) 00:00 Tools
What Have I Done - 00:00 Tools
My Sportin' Man [Album Version] 00:00 Tools
Don't Care Blue 00:00 Tools
Sax - O - Phoney Blues 00:00 Tools
I Ain't Gonna Give Nobody None 00:00 Tools
Menu 00:00 Tools
I Ain't Gonna Give Nobody None O'This Jelly Roll 00:00 Tools
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Mamie Smith (née Robinson) (May 26, 1883 – September 16, 1946) was an American vaudeville singer, dancer, pianist and actress, who appeared in several films late in her career. As a vaudeville singer she performed a number of styles including jazz and blues. She entered blues history by being the first African American artist to make vocal blues recordings in 1920. Willie "The Lion" Smith (not her husband) explained the background to that recording in his (ghosted) autobiography, Music on My Mind. Mamie Robinson was born probably in Cincinnati, Ohio, although no records of her birth exist. When she was ten years old, she found work touring with a white act called the Four Dancing Mitchells. As a teenager, she danced in Salem Tutt Whitney's Smart Set. In 1913, she left the Tutt Brothers to sing in clubs in Harlem and married a waiter named William "Smitty" Smith. On August 10, 1920, in New York City, Smith recorded a set of songs all written by the African American songwriter, Perry Bradford, including "Crazy Blues" and "It's Right Here For You (If You Don't Get It, 'Tain't No Fault of Mine)", on Okeh Records. It was the first recording of vocal blues by an African American artist and the record became a best seller, selling a million copies in less than a year. To the surprise of record companies, large numbers of the record were purchased by African Americans, and there was a sharp increase in the popularity of race records. Because of the historical significance of "Crazy Blues", it was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1994, and in 2005, it was selected for permanent preservation in the National Recording Registry at the Library of Congress. Although other African Americans had been recorded earlier, such as George W. Johnson in the 1890s, they were African American artists performing music which had a substantial following with European-American audiences. The success of Smith's record prompted record companies to seek to record other female blues singers and started the era of what is now known as classic female blues. It also opened up the music industry to recordings by, and for, African Americans in other genres. Smith continued to make a series of popular recordings for Okeh throughout the 1920s. She also made some records for Victor. She toured the United States and Europe with her band "Mamie Smith & Her Jazz Hounds" as part of "Mamie Smith's Struttin' Along Review". She was billed as "The Queen of the Blues". This billing of Mamie Smith was soon one-upped by Bessie Smith, who called herself "The Empress of the Blues." Mamie Smith appeared in an early sound film, Jail House Blues, in 1929. She retired from recording and performing in 1931. She returned to performing in 1939 to appear in the motion picture Paradise in Harlem produced by her husband Jack Goldberg. She appeared in further films, including Mystery in Swing, Sunday Sinners (1940), Stolen Paradise (1941), Murder on Lenox Avenue (1941), and Because I Love You (1943). She died in 1946, in New York. Mamie Smith was cited by Connee Boswell of The Boswell Sisters as a major influence on Connee's singing style. The Boswell Sisters not only bought and imitated her recordings, but were taken regularly by their parents to the Lyric Theater, New Orleans' Black vaudeville house, to see her and other touring Black artists on the only day of the week that Whites were allowed to attend. When you hear Connee, you can hear Mamie's influence. The remarkable thing is that later, Connee was cited by Ella Fitzgerald as Ella's only influence on her vocal style. This really illustrates the mixing of cultures that was such a part of the development of American popular music through the new media of the day, records and radio, as well as live performance. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.