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Mamie <I>Robinson</I> Smith

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Mamie Robinson Smith

Birth
Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, USA
Death
16 Sep 1946 (aged 63)
Richmond County, New York, USA
Burial
Staten Island, Richmond County, New York, USA Add to Map
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Mamie Smith was the first to record blues songs in 1920 with her versions of Perry Bradford's "Crazy Blues", and "It' s Right Here for You" on Okeh Records. The record sold over a million copies in less than a year. Born Mamie Robinson she also appeared in an early talkie "Jail house blues"(1929) as well as Paradise in Harlem (1939), Sunday Sinners (1940), Stolen Paradise (1941), Murder on Lenox Avenue (1941), and Because I Love You (1942).

She passed away in New York City in 1946

Mamie Smith was the first to record blues songs in 1920 with her versions of Perry Bradford's "Crazy Blues", and "It' s Right Here for You" on Okeh Records. The record sold over a million copies in less than a year. Born Mamie Robinson she also appeared in an early talkie "Jail house blues"(1929) as well as Paradise in Harlem (1939), Sunday Sinners (1940), Stolen Paradise (1941), Murder on Lenox Avenue (1941), and Because I Love You (1942).

She passed away in New York City in 1946

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  • Created by: Terrance Crooms
  • Added: Feb 18, 2006
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/13382434/mamie-smith: accessed ), memorial page for Mamie Robinson Smith (26 May 1883–16 Sep 1946), Find a Grave Memorial ID 13382434, citing Frederick Douglass Memorial Park, Staten Island, Richmond County, New York, USA; Maintained by Terrance Crooms (contributor 46534529).