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.
| Crazy Blues Mamie Smith - The Best of Mamie Smith - Columbia |
| It's Right Here For You Mamie Smith - The Best of Mamie Smith - Columbia |
| Don't Care Blues Mamie Smith - The Best of Mamie Smith - Columbia |
| Lovin' Sam From Alabam Mamie Smith - Mamie Smith Volume One - Document |
| Jazzbo Ball Mamie Smith - Mamie Smith Volume One - Document |
| "U" Need Some Lovin Blues Mamie Smith - The Best of Mamie Smith - Columbia |
| Sax-O-Phoney Blues Mamie Smith - Mamie Smith Volume One - Document |
| Down Home Blues Mamie Smith - The Best of Mamie Smith - Columbia |
| Arkansas Blues Mamie Smith - Mamie Smith Volume Two - Document |
| Wabash Blues Mamie Smith - The Best of Mamie Smith - Columbia |
| Dem Knock-Out Blues Mamie Smith - The Best of Mamie Smith - Columbia |
| Mamie Smith Blues Mamie Smith - The Best of Mamie Smith - Columbia |
| I Ain't Gonna Give Nobody None o' This Jelly Roll Mamie Smith - The Best of Mamie Smith - Columbia |
| I'm Gonna Get You Mamie Smith - Mamie Smith Volume Three - Document |
| Do It Mr. So-And-So Mamie Smith - The Best of Mamie Smith - Columbia |
| Lady Luck Blues Mamie Smith - Mamie Smith Volume Three - Document |
| Kansas City Man Blues Mamie Smith - The Best of Mamie Smith - Columbia |
| My Sweet Man [Tickles the Ivories For Me] Mamie Smith - Mamie Smith Volume Four - Document |
| Just Like You Took My Man Away From Me Mamie Smith - Mamie Smith Volume Four - Document |
| Goin' Crazy With the Blues Mamie Smith - Mamie Smith Volume Four - Document |
| What Have You Done To Make Me Feel This Way Mamie Smith - Mamie Smith Volume Four - Document |
| My Sportin' Man Mamie Smith - The Best of Mamie Smith - Columbia |
| Don't You Advertise Your Man Mamie Smith - The Best of Mamie Smith - Columbia |
| Miss Jenny's Ball Mamie Smith - The Best of Mamie Smith - Columbia |
| Jailhouse Blues Mamie Smith - Mamie Smith Volume Four - Document |
| Harlem Blues Mamie Smith - Mamie Smith Volume Four - Document |
| Lord, Lord [Because I Love You] Mamie Smith - Mamie Smith Volume Four - Document |
| He's the Boy Aretha Franklin - Through the Storm - Arista |
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