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FreddyHeadey	Happy! - Apr 15 (Bessie Smith) (6)	RE: Happy! - Apr 15 (Bessie Smith)	10 Sep 24
I suppose the OP/Scott Yanow does say 'major'. But according to this A song recorded on August 10, 1920, would take the blues to a “whole ‘nother level,” as they say. Though not a blues performer, vaudeville singer and actress Mamie Smith notched her place in music history as the first black woman to record a vocal blues. www.midnightflyerblues.com/first_blues_recordings.htm Mamie Smith - Crazy Blues https://youtu.be/qaz4Ziw_CfQ?si=h5rTPIDR1EmK0uss

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