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Mamie Smith was an American vaudeville singer, dancer, pianist, and actress. 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.

Born : May 26, 1891 in Cincinnati, Ohio.
Died : September 16, 1946 in New York City, New York.

ALBUMS


Sarah Vaughan, Lena Horne, Bessie Smith, Mamie Smith, Ida Cox, Ethel Waters
Swing Era
2004, DVD-V, Mono, NTSC, B&W, Idem Home Video
Mamie Smith
Crazy Blues · The Best of Mamie Smith
2004
Mamie Smith
The Essential
2002, 2xCD, Comp, Classic Blues
Mamie Smith
Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order Volume 4 (16 August 1923 To 1942)
1995, CD, Comp, Document Records (2),
Mamie Smith
Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order Volume 3 (C. Early May 1922 To 15 August 1923)
1995, CD, Comp, Document Records (2)
Mamie Smith
Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order Volume 1 (14 February 1920 To 18 August 1921)
1995
Mamie Smith
Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order Volume 2 (C. 18 August 1921 To Early May 1922)
1995
Mamie Smith
Vol. 5 - "Goin' Crazy With The Blues" (1924-1942) (Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order)
1989, LP, Comp, Mono, Ltd, Document Records (2),
Mamie Smith
Vol. 4 - "First Lady Of The Blues" (1922-1924)
1989, LP, Comp, Ltd, Document Records (2)
Mamie Smith
Vol. 3 - "Mamie Smith Blues" (1922) (Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order.)
1989, LP, Comp, Mono, Ltd, RM, Document Records (2)
Mamie Smith
Vol. 2 - "Get Hot" (1921)
1989, LP, Comp, Mono, Ltd, RM, Document Records (2),
Mamie Smith
Vol. 1 - "Crazy Blues" (1920-1921) (Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order)
1989,
Mamie Smith
Don't You Advertise Your Man / Keep A Song In Your Soul
1931, Shellac, 10", Okeh
Mamie Smith
Goin' Crazy With The Blues / I Once Was Yours I'm Somebody Else's Now
1926, Shellac, 10", Victor
Mamie Smith, The Choo Choo Jazzers*
My Sweet Man / What You Need Is Me
1925, Shellac, 10", Ajax (6)
Mamie Smith
Mistreatin' Daddy Blues / Plain Old Blues
1924, Shellac, 10", Okeh
Mamie Smith
Kansas City Man Blues / Lady Luck Blues
1923
Mamie Smith
That Thing Called Love / You Can't Keep A Good Man Down
1920
Ed Lang*, Ed Lang And Lonnie Johnson Guitar Duet*, Mamie Smith Blues Singer With Orchestra*
Two Tone Stomp / Jenny's Ball
Shellac, 10", Parlophon
Mamie Smith / Ed Lang* And Lonnie Johnson
Jenny's Ball / Two Tone Stomp
,
Vocal/Instrumental
Mamie Smith And Her Jazz Hounds
Lost Opportunity Blues / Good Time Ball
1924, Shellac, 10", Ajax (6)
Mamie Smith And Her Jazz Hounds
You've Got To See Mamma Ev'ry Night / I'm Gonna Get You
1923, Shellac, 10", Okeh,
Mamie Smith And Her Jazz Hounds
Got To Cool My Doggies Now / You Can Have Him, I Don't Want Him, Did'nt Love Him Anyhow Blues
1922, Shellac, 10", Okeh,
Mamie Smith And Her Jazz Hounds
Alabama Blues / Mamie Smith Blues
1922, Shellac, 10", Okeh,
Mamie Smith And Her Jazz Hounds
That Da-da Strain / Wish That I Could But I Can't Forgive You Blues
1922, Shellac, 10", Okeh,
Mamie Smith And Her Jazz Hounds
Let's Agree To Disagree / Sweet Man 'O Mine
1922, ,
Vocal
Mamie Smith & Her Jazz Band
The Wang Wang Blues / Get Hot
1921, Shellac, 10", Okeh, ,
Vocal
Mamie Smith & Her Jazz Band
Mamma Whip! Mamma Spank! / I'm Free, Single, Disengaged, Looking For Someone To Love
1921, ,
Vocal
Mamie Smith And Her Jazz Hounds
Crazy Blues / It's Right Here For You (If You Don't Get It-'Taint No Fault O' Mine)
1920

APPEARANCES +


Various
Everyday I Have The Blues Original Blues Classics
2023, LP, Album, 180, Editorial Planeta DeAgostini, S.A.U.,
Various
Female Blues Singers (Milestones Of Legends)
2018, 10xCD, Comp + Box, Documents, ,
Boogie/Country Blues/Delta Blues/Dixieland/East Coast Blues/Chicago Blues/Jump Blues/Louisiana Blues/Memphis Blues/Piano Blues/Ragtime/Rhythm & Blues/Soul/Swing
Various
Frog Blues And Jazz Annual Number 5
2017, CD, Comp, Frog (7),
Redeye
The Memory Layers
2014
Coleman Hawkins
Classic Coleman Hawkins Sessions 1922-1947
2012, 8xCD, Comp + Box, Ltd, Num, Mosaic Records (2), ,
Swing
Maria Muldaur
Naughty Bawdy & Blue
2007
Various
L'Histoire Du Jazz Vocal - The Story Of Vocal Jazz: Part 1 (1911 - 1940)
2004, 10xCD, Comp, Le Chant Du Monde, ,
Louisiana Blues/Chicago Blues/Ragtime/Swing/Dixieland
Various
Martin Scorsese Presents The Blues (A Musical Journey)
2003, ,
Delta Blues/Chicago Blues/Electric Blues/Jump Blues/Modern Electric Blues/Rhythm & Blues
Various
Classic Jazz: The Twenties
2002, 2xCD, Comp, Time Life Music, Universal Music Special Markets,
Various
Bill Wyman's Blues Odyssey
2001,
r364’
Various
1923
2000, CD, Comp, Jazz Magazine (2),
Clarence Williams
Vol. 1 1923
1998, CD, Comp, EPM Musique, Jazz Archives (2),
Various
Jazz The World Forgot Volume 1 (Jazz Classics Of The 1920's)
1996, CD, Comp, RM, Yazoo,
Various
Blues Masters, Volume 11: Classic Blues Women
1993, ,
Big Band/Jump Blues/Rhythm & Blues
Various
Roots N' Blues - The Retrospective (1925-1950)
1992, ,
Country Blues/Country/Bluegrass/Sermon/Delta Blues/Piano Blues/Gospel/Folk
Clarence Williams
The 1923-1931 Recordings: The Complete Sidney Bechet & Louis Armstrong Sessions (1923-1926)
1991, 3xCD, Comp + Box, EPM Musique,
Johnny Dodds
1927-1928
1991,
Abbi Hübner's Low Down Wizards
Take A Note From South (Live)
1988, Cass, Comp, Satchel Mouth
Thomas Morris
Goin' Crazy With The Blues (Thomas Morris And The Blues Singers)
1988, LP, Comp, Retrieval, Retrieval,
Various
The Blues 1923 To 1933
1987
Sidney Bechet
Sidney Bechet And The Blues Singers – Volume I - 1923 Classics
1986, LP, Comp, RP, Fat Cat's Jazz, ,
Louisiana Blues/Big Band/Dixieland
Peruna Jazzmen
Come On And Stomp, Stomp, Stomp
1980, LP, Album, Tra, Stomp Off Records, ,
Dixieland
Various
I Re Del Jazz
1979, ,
Swing/Soul-Jazz/Bop/Big Band
Red Onions & Ottilie
New Orleans Jazz
1976, LP, Album, Not On Label
Little Brother Montgomery With Jeanne Carroll
No Special Rider
1969
Various
Women Of The Blues
1966,
Various
The Sound Of Harlem
1964, ,
Swing/Piano Blues/Stride/Ragtime/Big Band/Jump Blues/Bop
Various
Blues Singers (Jazz Sounds Of The Twenties)
1962
Various
A History Of Jazz: The New York Scene
1961, ,
Bop/Big Band/Dixieland/Swing
George Webb's Dixielanders
Muskrat Ramble / Jenny's Ball
1954, Shellac, 10", Decca
Mamie Smith And Her Jazz Band*
Stop! Rest A While / Weepin'
1922, Shellac, 10", Okeh
Mamie Smith And Her Jazz Band*
Down Home Blues / Arkansas Blues (A Down Home Chant)
1922
Mamie Smith And Her Jazz Band* / Mamie Smith And Her Jazz Hounds
Dangerous Blues / What Have I Done
1921, Shellac, 10", Okeh, ,
Vocal
Various
Odeon Swing Music Series Vol. 10
LP, Comp, Odeon, ,
Swing
Clarence Williams
The Complete 1923-1926 Clarence Williams Sessions, Volume 1 -- 1923
CD, Comp, Hot'N Sweet, EPM Musique,
Various
Golden Memories - 2. Folge
LP, Comp, Elite Special, Elite Special, ,
Swing
Mark White
"Dixie-London Style"
Various
Blues Legends: The Girls
2022, 3xCD, Comp, RM, Big3
Various
Classic Blues
2019, 3xCD, Comp, Big3
Various
The Rough Guide To Blues Divas (Reborn And Remastered)
2019, ,
Delta Blues/Chicago Blues/Memphis Blues
Various
I've Got The Blues But I'm Too Damn Mean To Cry: Protest In Early Blues & Gospel
2016, 4xCD, Comp, RM, Box, JSP Records,
Various
The Rough Guide To Blues Women (Reborn And Remastered)
2016, ,
Country Blues/East Coast Blues/Delta Blues
Various
Roots & Blues
2015, 20xCD, Comp + Box, Sony Music, ,
Gospel/Country/Country Blues/Delta Blues/Cajun/Hillbilly
Various
Play: Blues Pioneers
2015, 10xFile, MP3, Comp, 320, Legacy
Various
The Complete History Of the Blues 1920-1962
2015, 4xCD, Comp + Box, Proper Records (2),
Various
Unissued On 78s. Vocals & Instrumentals 1927 - 1934
2015, CD, Comp, Retrieval
Various
America! Jazz The Birth Of Swing
2014, 2xCD, Comp, Dig, Le Chant Du Monde, ,
Ragtime/Swing
Various
Vaudeville Blues (Blues Links - Vaudeville & Rural Blues 1919-1941)
2012, 4xCD, Comp, JSP Records
Various
The Blues
2011, 3xCD, Comp, RM, Big3,
Various
Meaning In The Blues
2011, 4xCD, Comp, Box, JSP Records, ,
Country Blues
Various
Beginners (The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
2011, ,
Art Rock/Soundtrack
Various
L'Intégrale Blues - Tous Les Standards Du Blues
2010, 10xCD, Comp + Box, PIAS France, LM Music (2)
Various
Really The Blues? A Blues History 1893-1959 Volume1 (of 4) (1893-1929)
2010, 9xCD, Comp + CD-ROM, West Hill Radio Archives, ,
Boogie Woogie/Country Blues/Gospel/Ragtime/Piano Blues/Cajun/Country/Hillbilly
Various
La Grande Histoire Du Jazz - Au Temps Du Ragtime Et Du Swing / From Ragtime To Swing, 1898-1952, CD No 1-25
2010, Box + 25xCD, Comp, Le Chant Du Monde,
Various
100% Blues
2009, 5xCD, Comp, Union Square Music, ,
Country Blues/Harmonica Blues/Jump Blues/Chicago Blues/Delta Blues/Piano Blues/Rhythm & Blues
Various
Ladies Sing The Blues (The Essential Collection)
2009, 3xCD, Comp, Union Square Music
Various
Classic Jazz - From New Orleans To Harlem
2008, Box, Comp + 100xCD, Comp, Mono, Membran International GmbH, ,
Dixieland
Various
The Rough Guide To The Blues
2007, ,
Rhythm & Blues
Various
That Devilin' Tune - A Jazz History, Vol. 1 (1895-1927)
2006, 9xCD, Comp, West Hill Radio Archives, ,
Ragtime
Various
Shout It Out Sister
2006, 2xCD, Album, Comp, Rhino Records (2), ,
Rhythm & Blues/Vocal
Various
The Blues Box
2006, 3xCD, Comp, Metro Triples, Union Square Music, ,
Boogie Woogie/Memphis Blues/Delta Blues
Various
Swing A Song
2006, CD, Comp, Promo, Jazz Magazine (2), Tsf Jazz, ,
Swing/Vocal
Various
De Geschiedenis Van De Popmuzik - Deel 1
2005, 2xCD, Comp, Disky, ,
Rhythm & Blues
Various
Simply Blues
2005, 4xCD, Comp + Box, Simply, Union Square Music, ,
Chicago Blues/Delta Blues/Harmonica Blues/Louisiana Blues/Rhythm & Blues/Boogie Woogie
Various
Blues
2005, 4xCD, Comp, Wagram Music
Various
The History Of American Music
2005, 4xCD, Comp, RM + Box, Quality Audio, ,
Appalachian Music/Bluegrass/Country/Country Blues/Delta Blues/Boogie Woogie/Piano Blues/Honky Tonk
Various
Blues Was Her Business
2003, CD, Comp, Direct Source Special Products Inc.
Various
Early Blues Moods
2003, 3xCD, Comp, Weton-Wesgram
Various
Century Of The Blues - The Definitive Country Blues Collection
2003, 4xCD, Comp, Chrome Dreams, ,
Country Blues
Various
Just Blues
2003, 4xCD, Comp, Direct Source Special Products Inc.
Various
Blues Story
2003, 2xCD, Album, Comp, Smplr, Shout! Factory,
Various
The Blues From The Vaults
2003, 4xCD, Comp + Box, Direct Source Special Products Inc.,
Various
Martin Scorsese Presents The Blues (A Musical Journey)
2003, ,
Delta Blues
Various
The Essential History Of The Blues
2002
Various
Tight Women and Loose Bands 1921-1931
2001, CD, Comp, Timeless Records (3),
Various
Cincinnati Blues
2001, 2xCD, Comp, Catfish Records
Various
The Legend
2001, CD, Comp, Blues Forever
Various
Les Triomphes Du Blues
2001, ,
Chicago Blues/Country Blues/Delta Blues/Harmonica Blues/Jump Blues/Louisiana Blues/Piano Blues/Rhythm & Blues/Texas Blues/East Coast Blues
Various
The Great Race Record Labels Volume 3: Okeh
2000, CD, Comp, Catfish Records
Various
Rhapsodies in Black: Music and Words From the Harlem Renaissance
2000, 4xCD, Comp + Box, Rhino Records (2),
Various
The Blues: The Best Of 1920-1996
2000, Box, Comp + 4xCD, Comp, Sony Music Entertainment (Canada) Inc.,
Various
Real Blues
2000, 2xCD, Comp, Sony Music
Various
The Essential Shoebox Full Of Blues
1999, 18xCD, Comp, RE + Box, Comp, House Of Blues, Platinum Entertainment,
Various
American Pop: An Audio History - From Minstrel To Mojo: On Record, 1893-1946
1998, 9xCD, Comp + Box, West Hill Audio Archive,
Various
Bluesland - A Potrait In American Music
1998, DVD-V, NTSC, Columbia, East Stinson Inc., ,
Blues Rock
Various
Jazz Age! Hot Sounds Of The 20s & 30s
1998,
Various
Ladies Of Blues
1997, Box + 3xCD, Comp, Columbia River Entertainment Group, ,
Rhythm & Blues
Various
Essential Women In Blues
1997, 2xCD, Comp, House Of Blues, Platinum Entertainment,
Various
Harlem Jazz (1921-28)
1996, CD, Comp, RCA
Various
Full Spectrum Blues
1996, 4xCD, Comp, Starsounds
Various
Messed Up In Love And Other Tales Of Woe
1996, ,
Country Blues/Delta Blues
Various
Blue Ladies - Classic Blues Performances 1922-1925
1995, CD, Comp, Memphis Archives
Various
Good Morning Blues (A Classic Blues Anthology 1920-1942)
1995, ,
Country Blues/Delta Blues
Various
Women In Blues (New York - Chicago - Memphis - Dallas 1920-1943)
1994, ,
Country Blues/Chicago Blues/Memphis Blues/Texas Blues
Various
Stars Of The Apollo Theatre
1993, 2xCD, Comp, RE, Sony Records, ,
Jump Blues/Big Band/Swing
Various
Blues Masters The Essential History Of The Blues Volume 1
1993
Various
Ladies Sing The Blues
1992, CD, Comp, Mono, ASV, Living Era,
Sidney Bechet
Volume 1 - 1923 - Complete Edition
1991, CD, Comp, Média 7
Various
Jazz Classic Masterpieces Ⅲ
1989, 4xCD, Comp, RM, rep, EmArcy, ,
Big Band
Various
Gin House Blues
1988, CD, Comp, Flapper, ,
Vocal
Various
Brown Sugar
1981,
Various
Neiman Marcus First Edition Third Series
1979, 4xLP, Comp, Mono, RCA Special Products,
Various
Le Grandi Cantanti Di Blues
1974, LP, Comp, Variety (2),
Various
Stars Of The Apollo Theatre
1972, ,
Jump Blues/Big Band/Swing
Various
Ma Rainey & The Classic Blues Singers
1970, LP, Comp, Mono, CBS, CBS
Various
Jazz, Musica Del Nostro Tempo
1969
Various
Neuerscheinungen Januar 1966
1966, LP, Comp, Mono, Promo, Unv, AMIGA
Various
Pioniere Des Jazz
1965,
Dixieland/Texas Blues
Various
Blues Singers (Jazz Sounds Of The Twenties)
1962,
Various
Body And Soul - Five Decades Of Jazz Era Song
3xLP, Comp + Box, Columbia Special Products, Columbia Records, ,
Vocal
Various
Ladies Master The Jazz
2xCD, Comp, RE, Jazzbix, ,
Vocal
Various
Storyville Films Jazz Legends DVD News 2
DVD-V, Comp, Promo, NTSC, Storyville Films, ,
Big Band
Various
Blues Singers (Jazz Sounds Of The Twenties)
LP, Comp, Swaggie Records,
Bill Wyman & Charlie Watts
MP3 Collection
2xCDr, CD-ROM, Comp, Unofficial, MP3, Digital Records (6), ,
Blues Rock/Pop Rock/Synth-pop/Rhythm & Blues/Rock & Roll/Rockabilly/Post Bop/Big Band/Trip Hop
ZZ Top / Bill Wyman / Snowy White / Stevie Ray Vaughan
Blues Rock / The Best Of ZZ Top
DVD-V, D/Sided, Comp, Unofficial, Mp3, X Files, ООО "Крок", ,
Blues Rock/Pop Rock/Rhythm & Blues/Rock & Roll
Various
Untitled
Acetate, LP, Comp, Unofficial, Not On Label
Various
Blues Masters The Essential History Of The Blues
,
Chicago Blues/Delta Blues/Country Blues/Memphis Blues