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She was born in Atlanta, Georgia, USA, and is reported to have studied at Selma University in Alabama before moving to New York around 1915. She worked in minstrel shows and on the TOBA vaudeville circuit, before making her first recordings for the Black Swan label in 1922. Among these were “My Man Rocks Me With One Steady Roll”, of historic interest as the first secular recording to reference the phrase “rock and roll”, which was black slang for sexual intercourse. Also in 1922, she won the first blues singing contest at the Inter-Manhattan Casino in New York, sponsored by dancer Irene Castle, with her song “Trixie’s Blues”.
She recorded for Black Swan again in 1923, and with Fletcher Henderson’s Orchestra for Paramount Records in 1924-25. As her career as a blues singer waned, Smith worked in musical revues and Broadway shows, and appeared in four movies between 1932 and 1938. Her last recordings were with Sidney Bechet for Decca Records in 1938.
She died in New York City in 1943.
She recorded for Black Swan again in 1923, and with Fletcher Henderson’s Orchestra for Paramount Records in 1924-25. As her career as a blues singer waned, Smith worked in musical revues and Broadway shows, and appeared in four movies between 1932 and 1938. Her last recordings were with Sidney Bechet for Decca Records in 1938.
She died in New York City in 1943.
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