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American vaudeville singer (1891–1946)
Mamie Smith (née Robinson; May 26, 1891 – August or September 16, 1946) was an American singer. As a vaudeville singer, she performed in multiple styles
Mamie_Smith
1920 single by Mamie Smith and Her Jazz Hounds
by Perry Bradford in 1918 under its original title, "Harlem Blues". Mamie Smith and Her Jazz Hounds recorded it 2 years later on August 10, 1920, and
Crazy_Blues
Name list
in the Negro leagues Mamie Locke (born 1954), Democratic member of the Virginia Senate Maimie McCoy, English actress Mamie Smith (1883–1946), American
Mamie
American blues singer (1892–1937)
coarser than Mamie Smith. Even her admirers—white and black—considered her a "rough" woman (i.e., working class or even "low class"). Smith had a strong
Bessie_Smith
Mother of Emmett Till (1921–2003)
Mamie Elizabeth Till-Mobley (born Mamie Elizabeth Carthan; November 23, 1921 – January 6, 2003) was an American educator and civil rights activist. Her
Mamie_Till
American blues singer (1894–1935)
contemporaries. Clara Smith was not related to the singers Bessie Smith and Mamie Smith. Clara Smith was born to parents Selena and William Smith in Spartanburg
Clara_Smith
First Lady of the United States from 1953 to 1961
Mary Geneva "Mamie" Eisenhower (née Doud; November 14, 1896 – November 1, 1979) was the first lady of the United States from 1953 to 1961 as the wife
Mamie_Eisenhower
American composer, songwriter, and vaudeville performer (1899–1972)
Blues The first recording of vocal blues by an African-American singer, Mamie Smith's performance of Perry Bradford's "Crazy Blues" in 1920. Problems playing
Perry_Bradford
2011 soundtrack album by various artists
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
Beginners_(soundtrack)
American actress
Mary Willa "Mamie" Gummer (born August 3, 1983) is an American actress. She starred in the title role of The CW series Emily Owens, M.D. (2012–2013),
Mamie_Gummer
1929 film
filmed in English in Camden, New Jersey and directed by Basil Smith. The film features Mamie Smith, the star. She was a major figure in early blues and a top
Jailhouse_Blues
Black American music genre
musicians performing spirituals and their derivatives. That changed with Mamie Smith's commercial success in 1920. Starting in the 1920s, the commercial recording
Spirituals
78-rpm phonograph records marketed to African Americans between the 1920s and 1940s
Records, Fred Hager, to record Mamie Smith, a black artist who did not fit the mold of popular white music. In 1920, Smith created her "Crazy Blues"/"It's
Race_record
Early form of blues music
The first recorded performance of Smith was in 1909 when she was 14 years old. Smith (who was unrelated to Mamie Smith) later toured on the T.O.B.A. circuit
Classic_female_blues
Musical artist
first Delta bluesman to be recorded ("Milk Cow Blues", 1926), although Mamie Smith (1920), Ed Andrews (1923) and Blind Lemon Jefferson (1925) predated him
Freddie_Spruell
American songwriter and musician (1885–1936)
To You)" (1924) "Mistreatin' Daddy" (1923) (recorded by Bessie Smith and Mamie Smith) "Louisville Blues" (1925) (with Mike Jackson) "Ramblin' Until I
Bob_Ricketts
Early style of blues music
1939. In big-city blues, female singers such as Ma Rainey, Bessie Smith, and Mamie Smith dominated the recordings of the 1920s. Although very few women were
Delta_blues
American jazz cornetist (1897–1945)
Charlie Johnson, Fats Waller and many jazz and blues singers, including Mamie Smith, Eva Taylor and Sippie Wallace. His most notable dates were with his
Thomas_Morris_(musician)
1962 instrumental composition by Booker T. & the M.G.'s
"News: The Blues Hall of Fame Welcomes Roebuck "Pops" Staples, Sam Lay, Mamie Smith, Georgia Tom Dorsey and the Aces As Its Newest Members on May 9 at the
Green_Onions
Music genre originating in 1860s
among them "the big three"—Gertrude "Ma" Rainey, Bessie Smith, and Lucille Bogan. Mamie Smith, more a vaudeville performer than a blues artist, was the
Blues
Scottish newspaperwoman and author
Mamie Ian Magnusson (née Baird; 24 October 1925 – 12 April 2012) was a pioneering Scottish newspaper journalist and author. Baird and her twin sister
Mamie_Magnusson
abusive father and Elenore's abusive husband. The character is based on Smith E. Johnson. Mrs. McGarry (Dana Ivey) is a recurring character in Season
List of Boardwalk Empire characters
List_of_Boardwalk_Empire_characters
1925 film
name. Mamie Smith is rescued from an orphanage by Mrs. Caldwell, the mother of a small child whom Mamie calls Zander. Mrs. Caldwell dies, and Mamie takes
Zander_the_Great
(Cleveland) Connie Smith (singer) (Marietta) Hale Smith (jazz composer) (Cleveland) Mamie Smith (singer) (Cincinnati) Stuff Smith (jazz violinist) (Portsmouth)
List_of_people_from_Ohio
American film producer (c. 1889 – 1959)
ran Harlemwood Pictures in Dallas, Texas. He married vaudeville singer Mamie Smith, in 1929. Goldberg had been her talent manager prior to their marriage
Jack_Goldberg
American record label
the director of artists and repertoire (A&R), to record blues singer Mamie Smith. The records were popular, and the label issued a series of race records
Okeh_Records
copyright. Since March 1, 1989, no copyright notice has been required. Mamie Smith, Crazy Blues. from Wikimedia Commons Thomas Edison's voice. from Wikimedia
Public domain in the United States
Public_domain_in_the_United_States
List of sound recordings preserved in the U.S. Library of Congress
Registry inductees". Library of Congress. Retrieved April 19, 2022. "Mamie Smith and the Birth of the Blues Market". NPR. November 11, 2006. "The Impact
National_Recording_Registry
Singing trio popular during the Jazz Age (1925–1936)
heard Mamie Smith, whose "Crazy Blues" (1920), the first blues record performed by an African American, was a hit. Connie later imitated Smith's style
The_Boswell_Sisters
American actress (1897–1961)
Mason Hopper Features a scene in Technicolor 1925 Zander the Great Mamie Smith George W. Hill 1925 Lights of Old Broadway Fely / Anne Monta Bell Preserved
Marion_Davies
Historic neighborhood in Oklahoma City
White, King Oliver's bands as well as Ida Cox, Ma Rainey, Bessie Smith and Mamie Smith. After the civil rights movement of the 1960s, much of the city's
Deep_Deuce
DiTirro, Tessa (15 November 2018). "Researchers confirm blues legend Mamie Smith was born in Cincinnati". WKRC. Archived from the original on 18 November
List of contraltos in non-classical music
List_of_contraltos_in_non-classical_music
American singer and entertainer (1894–1970)
Hegamin became the second African-American blues singer to record, after Mamie Smith. Hegamin made a series of recordings for Arto Records and then Paramount
Lucille_Hegamin
American jazz saxophonist (1904–1969)
immense knowledge of chords. Hawkins's first significant gig was with Mamie Smith's Jazz Hounds in 1921, and he was with the band full-time from April 1922
Coleman_Hawkins
American jazz trumpeter (1911–2014)
the giants of early traditional jazz, including Captain John Handy and Mamie Smith, and, in later years, with widely recognized contemporary revivals of
Lionel_Ferbos
Ukrainian-American singer, comedian and actress (1886–1966)
popular singer through the 1920s and became friends with stars such as Mamie Smith and Ethel Waters, who introduced her to jazz. Tucker learned from these
Sophie_Tucker
musicians, including jazz figure Louis Armstrong, blues and jazz singer Mamie Smith, and country singer Jimmie Rodgers. Modern Native American pow wows arose
Music history of the United States (1900–1940)
Music_history_of_the_United_States_(1900–1940)
1940 American film
and co-produced by Arthur Dreifuss and Jack Goldberg starring his wife Mamie Smith, Norman Astwood, Edna Mae Harris and Earl Sydnor. The Club Harlem is
Sunday_Sinners
Mamie Smith
List_of_blues_musicians
singers were popular in the 1920s, among them Mamie Smith, Ma Rainey, Bessie Smith, and Victoria Spivey. Mamie Smith, more a vaudeville performer than a blues
Origins_of_the_blues
American jazz trumpeter
artists, among them Louis Armstrong, Sidney Bechet, Ethel Waters, and Mamie Smith. Augustus Aiken was born in Charleston, South Carolina on July 26, 1902
Gus_Aiken
present. Popular musicians from Ohio include Neil Giraldo, Trippie Redd, Mamie Smith, Dean Martin, Dave Grohl, Tyler Joseph and Josh Dun of Twenty One Pilots
Music_of_Ohio
2003 documentary film series produced by Martin Scorsese
Lightnin' Hopkins Son House Mississippi John Hurt Vasti Jackson Bessie Smith Mamie Smith Victoria Spivey Sister Rosetta Tharpe Dinah Washington Muddy Waters
The_Blues_(film_series)
American blues singer (1886–1939)
by Smith's sister-in-law Maud Smith. From the late 1910s, there was an increasing demand for recordings by black musicians. In 1920, Mamie Smith was
Ma_Rainey
1939 American film
Wilson as Lem Anderson Mamie Smith as Madame Mamie Norman Astwood as Rough Jackson Edna Mae Harris as Doll Davis Merritt Smith as Ned Avery Francine Everett
Paradise_in_Harlem
American blues composer and musician (1873–1958)
songs to black women singers, but in 1920, Perry Bradford convinced Mamie Smith to record two non-blues songs ("That Thing Called Love" and "You Can't
W._C._Handy
American singer and broadcaster (born 1978)
("Resolution Blues", "You're Crying") and some of her precursors and peers: Mamie Smith ("Crazy Blues"), Lil Green ("Why Don't You Do Right?"), as well as stars
China_Moses
American gospel singer (1911–1972)
Jackson played records by Bessie Smith, Mamie Smith, and Ma Rainey, singing along while she scrubbed floors. Bessie Smith was Jackson's favorite and the
Mahalia_Jackson
2022 film by Chinonye Chukwu
Beauchamp, Reilly, and Whoopi Goldberg. It is based on the true story of Mamie Till, an educator and activist who pursued justice after the murder of her
Till_(film)
American singer and music composer
on the 1920 record Crazy Blues, recorded by Okeh Records and sung by Mamie Smith. A rarity for the early 1900s, the song was created by a team of black
Edna_Alexander_(composer)
Traditional blues standard
Going Home". The third verse was in circulation and had been recorded by Mamie Smith in 1920 in "Fare Thee Honey". As a male singer, Johnson could plausibly
Walkin'_Blues
Reynolds – R&B guitarist George Russell – jazz pianist and composer Mamie Smith – blues singer Constance Cochnower Virtue – composer and organist Andy
List of people from Cincinnati
List_of_people_from_Cincinnati
Orleans" by King Curtis "New Orleans" by Les Humphries "New Orleans" by Mamie Smith "New Orleans" by The New Orleans Bingo! Show "New Orleans" by Nicky Henson
List of songs about New Orleans
List_of_songs_about_New_Orleans
in Latin America. During the 1920s, classic female blues singers like Mamie Smith became the first musical celebrities of national renown. Gospel, blues
Music history of the United States
Music_history_of_the_United_States
Monette Moore Ma Rainey Elzadie Robinson Bessie Smith Clara Smith Laura Smith Mamie Smith Ruby Smith Trixie Smith Victoria Spivey Mary Stafford Hannah Sylvester
List of classic female blues singers
List_of_classic_female_blues_singers
popularized by the 1921 recordings of the Original Dixieland Jazz Band and Mamie Smith. Smith's recording with her Jazz Hounds has been called the earliest genuine
List of pre-1920 jazz standards
List_of_pre-1920_jazz_standards
"Crazy Arms" Ray Price Columbia 1956 Country Single 1999 "Crazy Blues" Mamie Smith and Her Jazz Hounds Okeh 1920 Blues Single 1994 "Crazy He Calls Me" Billie
List of Grammy Hall of Fame Award recipients (A–D)
List_of_Grammy_Hall_of_Fame_Award_recipients_(A–D)
"Clara Smith", in Kernfeld 2002c, p. 608 Slide 1994, pp. 474–76 Oliver, Paul, "Mamie Smith", in Kernfeld 2002c, p. 615 Kernfeld, Barry, "Trixie Smith", in
List of vaudeville performers: L–Z
List_of_vaudeville_performers:_L–Z
American musician (1907–1976)
singing in the style of her early influence, African-American singer Mamie Smith. The Boswell Sisters became stage professionals that year when they were
Connee_Boswell
1939 song performed by Big Joe Turner
"News: The Blues Hall of Fame Welcoes Roebuck 'Pops' Staples, Sam Lay, Mamie Smith, Georgia Tom Dorsey and the Acesas its newest Members on May 9 at the
Roll_'Em_Pete
Award by Blues Foundation, since 2015 also a music museum in Memphis, Tennessee
Latimore Magic Slim Mavis Staples 2018 The Aces Georgia Tom Dorsey Sam Lay Mamie Smith Roebuck "Pops" Staples 2019 Count Basie Booker T. & the M.G.'s Ida Cox
Blues_Hall_of_Fame
Vaudeville-era African American entertainment
started on the Vaudeville stage included Ma Rainey, Bessie Smith, Clara Smith, Mamie Smith, Mamie Brown, Ida Cox, and Edmonia Henderson. Another venue for
Black_Vaudeville
American blues and jazz saxophonist (1898–unknown)
Born and raised in New York City, Fuller toured the United States with Mamie Smith, then settled down to extensive studio work. He was a house saxophonist
Bob_Fuller
Historic house in Arkansas, United States
that was built in 1867 by Lawson Smith for his son David Carroll Smith. The house was inherited in 1919 by Mamie Smith McCurry, notable as a prominent
Smith-McCurry_House
American jazz band
Mama Spank! (If Her Daddy Don't Come Home)" for blues and jazz singer Mamie Smith and her Jazz Band in 1921, which were released on the Okeh label. Robinson
Original_Dixieland_Jass_Band
Musical artist
her interest to explore other female singers, such as Bessie Smith, Ma Rainey, Mamie Smith and Etta James. Schorr had her own classic singing training
Sari_Schorr
American blues and hokum musician (1903–1981)
Rainey, Bessie Smith, and Ida Cox. In an interview with Martin Williams, Red told Williams "That [1920] record of "Crazy Blues" by Mamie Smith, it was one
Tampa_Red
Garner, Carla (16 January 2011). "Smith, Mamie". Blackpast.com. Retrieved 1 June 2017. Taft, Michael. "Mamie Smith and the Birth of the Blues Market"
Black women in the American music industry
Black_women_in_the_American_music_industry
Day of the year
(died 1955) 1883 – Peter Kürten, German serial killer (died 1931) 1883 – Mamie Smith, American singer, actress, dancer, and pianist (died 1946) 1886 – Al
May_26
American performer and nightclub owner
club with the Hotel Ponciana Orchestra in a program headlined by singer Mamie Smith. After several years of not performing together, Jones and Blake reunited
Broadway_Jones_(performer)
rolls and Willie "The Lion" Smith.Coleman Hawkins, already well noted for his high level of profiency joined Mamie Smith's Jazz Hounds and were later hired
1920s_in_jazz
Rose McClendon Viola McCoy Florence Mills Ma Rainey Bessie Smith Mamie Smith Trixie Smith Valaida Snow Victoria Spivey Florence Cole Talbert Eva Taylor
List of female entertainers of the Harlem Renaissance
List_of_female_entertainers_of_the_Harlem_Renaissance
People from Canada who have attained or surpassed the age of 110 years
then part of the British West Indies. Jamaica became independent in 1962. Smith-Johannsen died in Norway while on visit. Luscombe was born in Newfoundland
List of Canadian supercentenarians
List_of_Canadian_supercentenarians
American baseball player (1895–2006)
Philadelphia by Rev. John L. Lee on September 15, 1915, to Mary L. "Mamie" Smith (July 19, 1896 – ca. 1944). He and his wife Mary had five children and
Silas_Simmons
Musical artist
female blues and jazz pioneers such as Bessie Smith, Victoria Spivey, Ma Rainey, Ethel Waters, Mamie Smith, and Ida Cox. All About Jazz said of her 2015
Brianna_Thomas
Calendar year
Hopwood Jeans, English physicist, astronomer and mathematician (b. 1877) Mamie Smith, American singer (b. 1891) Louis Bonnier, French architect (b. 1856)
1946
Music traditions in Detroit, Michigan, US
including "The Queen of the Blues" Mamie Smith, "The Mother of the Blues" Ma Rainey, "The Empress of the Blues" Bessie Smith, "The Uncrowned Queen of the Blues"
Music_of_Detroit
Theater company
Chattanooga. Performers who starred at the theater included Bessie Smith, Mamie Smith, Ma Rainey, Lafayette Players, Butterbeans and Susie, Ethel Waters
Bijou_Amusement_Company
American blues singer
singers Mamie Smith, Bessie Smith, Clara Smith and Trixie Smith. She is also not to be confused with the Canadian folk singer-songwriter Laura Smith. List
Laura_Smith_(American_singer)
Former multipurpose arena in Buffalo, New York
Ella Fitzgerald, Enrico Caruso, Jimmie Lunceford, John Philip Sousa, Mamie Smith, Nina Morgana, Paul Whiteman and Sistine Chapel Choir. Free concerts
Broadway_Auditorium
Lo: hip-hop Shy Glizzy: hip-hop Silentó: hip-hop Jermaine Stewart: R&B Mamie Smith (1891–1946): jazz, blues Slayr (born 2007): Dance-pop, Trap Sosocamo:
List of African-American singers
List_of_African-American_singers
1971–1999; 2010 Australian variety television series
blackface on the show — a woman using the alias of Mammy Smith (a reference to Mamie Smith) wore blackface to do a cover of George Gershwin's "Summertime"
Hey_Hey_It's_Saturday
African-American married psychologist duo
Kenneth Bancroft Clark (July 24, 1914 – May 1, 2005) and Mamie Phipps Clark (April 18, 1917 – August 11, 1983) were American psychologists who as a married
Kenneth_and_Mamie_Clark
American jazz band
Armstrong, Thelonious Monk, Count Basie, Django Reinhardt, Fred Astaire, Mamie Smith, Billie Holiday, the Andrews Sisters, Duke Ellington, Jelly Roll Morton
The_Hot_Sardines
Pop music in the united states
singers like Ma Rainey, Bessie Smith and Mamie Smith grew very popular; the first hit of this field was Mamie Smith's "Crazy Blues". These urban blues
American_popular_music
American lynching victim (1941–1955)
Joe Biden. Emmett Till was born to Mamie and Louis Till on July 25, 1941, in Chicago, Illinois. Emmett's mother, Mamie [née Carthan], was born in the small
Emmett_Till
American politician (1873–1944)
Alfred Emanuel Smith (December 30, 1873 – October 4, 1944) was an American politician who served as the 42nd governor of New York from 1919 to 1920 and
Al_Smith
Vaudeville circuit for African American performers
included singers Ethel Waters, Gertrude Ma Rainey, Bessie Smith, Edmonia Henderson, Mamie Smith, Minto Cato and Adelaide Hall; comedian Tim Moore with his
Theatre Owners Booking Association
Theatre_Owners_Booking_Association
September 15 – Cornel Simanjuntak [id] classical composer, 25 September 16 – Mamie Smith, vaudeville singer, dancer, pianist and actress, 63 October 9 – Enrica
1946_in_music
Cemetery in Staten Island, New York
Members – Vasheena Brisbane, Tanya Jackson, Lisa Wallace and Lynelle Cross Mamie Smith, singer, dancer, pianist, and actress. Inducted in Blues Hall of Fame
Frederick Douglass Memorial Park
Frederick_Douglass_Memorial_Park
Pope Riddle, architect and philanthropist (born 1867) September 16 – Mamie Smith, African American vaudeville performer and blues singer (born 1883) September
1946_in_the_United_States
1963 book by Amiri Baraka
'race' record", recordings of music targeted towards African Americans. Mamie Smith was the first African American to make a commercial recording in 1920
Blues_People
American jazz guitarist (1905–1990)
Horace Henderson, Freddie Jenkins, Sara Martin, Jelly Roll Morton, and Mamie Smith. In 1936, John Mills of the Mills Brothers died, and Addison replaced
Bernard_Addison
that entered the public domain under the MMA included performances by Mamie Smith, Ethel Waters, Sophie Tucker, Jelly Roll Morton, Vess L. Ossman, Bert
2022_in_public_domain
American documentary series
C. Handy, Willie "The Lion" Smith, Blind Arvella Gray, Son House, Ray Charles, Mamie Smith, Victoria Spivey, Bessie Smith, John Hammond, George Melly
All You Need Is Love: The Story of Popular Music
All_You_Need_Is_Love:_The_Story_of_Popular_Music
Five - "Liberty" (2:54) (recorded March 19, 1929, in Atlanta, Georgia) Mamie Smith - "My Sportin' Man" (2:58) (recorded March 30, 1929, in New York City
Roots 'n Blues: The Retrospective 1925–1950
Roots_'n_Blues:_The_Retrospective_1925–1950
2003 box set by various artists
Lightning & Group 5:25 3. "Crazy Blues" Mamie Smith 3:29 4. "St. Louis Blues" W. C. Handy 3:02 5. "Muddy Water" Bessie Smith 3:08 6. "Match Box Blues" Blind Lemon
Martin Scorsese Presents the Blues: A Musical Journey
Martin_Scorsese_Presents_the_Blues:_A_Musical_Journey
United States historic place
The Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley National Monument is a United States national monument that honors Emmett Till, a 14-year-old African American teenager
Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley National Monument
Emmett_Till_and_Mamie_Till-Mobley_National_Monument
Month in 1920
until almost three months later.[page needed] African American singer Mamie Smith & the Jazz Hounds recorded "Crazy Blues", a bestselling song for OKeh
August_1920
American singer
Census "Lavinia Turner: Songs". AllMusic.com. Retrieved 2017-03-29. "Mamie Smith: The First Lady of the Blues". Jas Obrecht Music Archive. Jasobrecht
Lavinia_Turner
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