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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 165
Top works
- Discover Informational Reports E-Book
- Personal Narratives E-Book
- One Silly Hey Diddle Day
- Humpty Dumpty's Fall
- Christmas Carol : the Characters Live!
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1969-08-06
- Active to
- 2003-10-21
acoustic rockamericanfolk rockindieindie folkindie pop
Discography
- Shytown / No Confidence Man1994
- Roman Candle1994
- Needle in the Hay1995
- Elliott Smith1995
- Speed Trials1996
- Division Day / No Name #61997
- Either/Or1997
- Ballad of Big Nothing1998
- XO1998
- Waltz #2 (XO)1998
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 1,102
- Total plays
- 6,788
Tags
blues
A blues belter in the classic tradition, Carrie Smith was born August 25, 1941, in Fort Gaines, GA. Despite making her debut at the 1957 Newport Jazz Festival while a member of a New Jersey church choir, she did not truly emerge on the jazz circuit until the early '70s, in the company of Big "Tiny" Little. In November of 1974, Smith's riveting performance as Bessie Smith (no relation) in Dick Hyman's Carnegie Hall production of Satchmo Remembered brought her fame throughout the international
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Smith
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Fort Gaines
- Occupation
- jazz musician
- Genre
- swing
- Record label
- Black & Blue
- Image
- Carrie Smith.jpg
Show 3 more facts
- date of birth
- 1925-08-25
- date of death
- 2012-05-20
Sources (2)
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