| Birth: | May 26, 1883
Cincinnati
Hamilton County
Ohio, USA | | Death: | Sep. 16, 1946
New York
New York County
New York, USA | 
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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Frederick Douglass Memorial Park
Richmond
Richmond County
New York, USA |
Created by: Terrance Crooms
Record added: Feb 18, 2006
Find A Grave Memorial# 13382434 |
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