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Mamie Smith in 1920 Mamie Smith was the first black woman to record a vocal blues song. But several vocal blues recordings were made before her historic recording in 1920. The first vocal blues recording was made by Morton Harvey with the Victor Military Band in 1914. The song recorded was W.C. Handy's Memphis Blues.
Mamie Smith in 1920.
Mamie Smith.
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Downhearted Blues
The year in which the first blues recording happened in 1895.
Most music historians believe it was Mamie Smith. Mamie sang with her band, the Jazz Hounds; and in 1920, she recorded the song "Crazy Blues" for the Okeh record label.
The cast of Jailhouse Blues - 1929 includes: Mamie Smith
Mamie Smith's parents were Thomas Smith and Mary McDonald Smith.
No, they were not, but they both were performing in the same era, both were black blues vocalists, and both were heard on the radio in the early 1920s.
Mamie Smith was born on May 26, 1883.
Mamie Smith was born on May 26, 1883.