MAMIE SMITH: This star of the stage, the recording studio and the silver screen was born 127 years ago today. She made history as the first Afro-American woman to record the blues. We will trace her recording and film career from 1920 to 1940.
Artist: Mamie Smith
Album: The Best of Mamie Smith
Tune: Crazy Blues
Label: Columbia
Artist: Mamie Smith
Album: The Best of Mamie Smith
Tune: It’s Right Here For You
Label: Columbia
Artist: Mamie Smith
Album: The Best of Mamie Smith
Tune: Don’t Care Blues
Label: Columbia
Artist: Mamie Smith
Album: Mamie Smith Volume 1
Tune: Lovin’ Sam From Alabam
Label: Document
Artist: Mamie Smith
Album: Mamie Smith Volume 1
Tune: Jazzbo Ball
Label: Document
Artist: Mamie Smith
Album: The Best of Mamie Smith
Tune: “U” Need Some Lovin’ Blues
Label: Columbia
Artist: Mamie Smith
Album: Mamie Smith Volume 1
Tune: Sax-O-Phoney Blues
Label: Document
Artist: Mamie Smith
Album: The Best of Mamie Smith
Tune: Down Home Blues
Label: Columbia
Artist: Mamie Smith
Album: Mamie Smith Volume 2
Tune: Arkansas Blues
Label: Document
Artist: Mamie Smith
Album: The Best of Mamie Smith
Tune: Wabash Blues
Label: Columbia
Artist: Mamie Smith
Album: The Best of Mamie Smith
Tune: Dem Knock-Out Blues
Label: Columbia
Artist: Mamie Smith
Album: The Best of Mamie Smith
Tune: Mamie Smith Blues
Label: Columbia
Artist: Mamie Smith
Album: The Best of Mamie Smith
Tune: I Ain’t Gonna Give Nobody None o’ This Jelly Roll
Label: Columbia
Artist: Mamie Smith
Album: Mamie Smith Volume 3
Tune: I’m Gonna Get You
Label: Document
Artist: Mamie Smith
Album: The Best of Mamie Smith
Tune: Do It Mr. So-And-So
Label: Columbia
Artist: Mamie Smith
Album: Mamie Smith Volume 3
Tune: Lady Luck Blues
Label: Document
Artist: Mamie Smith
Album: The Best of Mamie Smith
Tune: Kansas City Man Blues
Label: Columbia
Artist: Mamie Smith
Album: Mamie Smith Volume 4
Tune: My Sweet Man [Tickles the Ivories For Me]
Label: Document
Artist: Mamie Smith
Album: Mamie Smith Volume 4
Tune: Just Like You Took My Man Away From Me
Label: Document
Artist: Mamie Smith
Album: Mamie Smith Volume 4
Tune: Goin’ Crazy With the Blues
Label: Document
Artist: Mamie Smith
Album: Mamie Smith Volume 4
Tune: What Have You Done to Make Me Feel This Way
Label: Document
Artist: Mamie Smith
Album: The Best of Mamie Smith
Tune: My Sportin’ Man
Label: Columbia
Artist: Mamie Smith
Album: The Best of Mamie Smith
Tune: Don’t You Advertise Your Man
Label: Columbia
Artist: Mamie Smith
Album: The Best of Mamie Smith
Tune: Miss Jenny’s Ball
Label: Columbia
Artist: Mamie Smith
Album: Mamie Smith Volume 4
Tune: Jailhouse Blues
Label: Document
Artist: Mamie Smith
Album: Mamie Smith Volume 4
Tune: Harlem Blues
Label: Document
Artist: Mamie Smith
Album: Mamie Smith Volume 4
Tune: Lord, Lord [Because I Love You]
Label: Document
Artist: Aretha Franklin
Album: Through the Storm
Tune: He’s the Boy
Label: Arista
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Bill Coleman, 1904-1981
About Me
- Ron Sweetman
- Ron Sweetman has been an activist for jazz and blues since arriving in Canada in 1969. He was a founder member of L’Atelier de Musique Experimentale (1972), Jazz Ottawa (1976), and Music Now (1997). He has written for CODA magazine since 1970, and has been a member of the Down Beat International Critics Poll since 1982. He has hosted his weekly jazz and blues radio show “In A Mellow Tone” on CKCU-FM 93.1 since May 1976. In his spare time, Ron is a management consultant.
