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GUEST,Hootenanny	Happy! - Apr 15 (Bessie Smith) (6)	Happy! Bessie Smith	10 Sep 24
I believe the OP got it wrong. Bessie Smith was not the first, it was another unrelated Smith who is credited as being the first of the so called "classic" blues singers to get on record.

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