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Aug 10, 2020 · Mamie Smith’s song wasn’t just an artistic breakthrough. It proved Black women and girls bought records, paving the way for today’s fan armies.
Feb 6, 2023 · Ethel Waters became, at one point, the highest-paid actress on Broadway. Only a handful were still making blues records in the 1930s. Mamie Smith retired in 1931.
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.
Feb 19, 2020 · The popular blues “shouters” Ethel Waters and Alberta Hunter (who were hardly shouters, of course, but refined, versatile artists) debuted on record in 1921, the same year Eubie Blake and Noble Sissle’s Shuffle Along opened at Daly’s 63rd Street Theater.
Mar 17, 2021 · In 1920, a blues singer named Mamie Smith (no relation to Bessie) recorded “Crazy Blues,” which was so vastly popular that it essentially created an industry for blues songs recorded by women.
Bessie Smith, Ma Rainey, Jackie Mabley, Josephine Baker, and Ethel Waters were all part of this world. Songs recorded by these singers in the 1920s and '30s made reference to "the life" for...
Suddenly Mamie was a star and she formed the Jazz Hounds to accompany her on club dates, concerts and recordings. She was a good looking woman and wore fabulous gowns and jewels on stage, setting a high standard for the Blues Divas like Lucille Hegamin, Ethel Waters, Trixie Smith and Alberta Hunter and dozens more who
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