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Actress and performing artist Mamie Smith made music history in 1920 when she stepped into a studio to lay down “Crazy Blues,” considered by industry scholars to be the very first blues recording. Smith was a glamorous and multi-talented entertainer, performing on stage and in … Read MoreMamie Smith (1883-1946)
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Mamie Robinson Smith (1883-1946): homenaje de Find a Grave
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Crazy Blues - TeachRock
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Mamie Smith (1883-1946). /Namerican Blues Singer. Poster Print by Granger Collection - Item # VARGRC0092260 - Posterazzi
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Meet the American who first recorded the blues, nation's original pop diva Mamie Smith
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Meet the American who first recorded the blues, nation's original pop diva Mamie Smith
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Mamie Smith: Queen of the Blues in Cincinnati Music Hall - Friends of Music Hall
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Meet the American who first recorded the blues, nation's original pop diva Mamie Smith
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Meet the American who first recorded the blues, nation's original pop diva Mamie Smith
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Mamie and Bessie Smith - notes - Warning: TT: undefined function: 32 Mamie Smith (1883-1946) ○ - Studocu
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