| LC control no. | no 94040741 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Smith, Mamie |
| Variant(s) | Smith, Mamie, 1891-1946 |
| Associated country | United States |
| Birth date | 1891-05-26 |
| Death date | 1946-08-16 |
| Place of birth | Cincinnati (Ohio) |
| Place of death | Staten Island (New York, N.Y.) |
| Field of activity | Jazz Vaudeville Blues (Music) |
| Profession or occupation | Singers Dancers Pianists Actors Jazz musicians Blues musicians |
| Found in | Smith, M. Alabama blues [SR] 1922: labels (Mamie Smith and her Jazz Hounds) All music guide WWW site, Jan. 15, 2004 (Mamie Smith; b. May 26, 1883, Cincinnati, OH, d. Aug. 16, 1946, New York, NY; blues vocalist) Grove music online, September 28, 2022 (Smith (née Robinson), Mamie; born May 26, 1883, Cincinnati; died ?October 30, 1946, New York; she was a vaudeville and jazz performer rather than a blues singer) Wikipedia, September 28, 2022 (Mamie Smith (née Robinson); born May 26, 1891, Cincinnati, Ohio; died September 16, 1946, Staten Island, New York; the year of her birth has previously been given as 1883, but in 2018, researcher John Jeremiah Sullivan discovered her birth certificate stating she was born in Cincinnati in 1891; 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) |
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