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Carrie Smith

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Carrie Smith

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Also known as Carrie Louise Smith

American singer

Person · Open Library

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165

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  • Christmas Carol : the Characters Live!

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Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
United States
Active from
1969-08-06
Active to
2003-10-21
acoustic rockamericanfolk rockindieindie folkindie pop

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Listeners
1,102
Total plays
6,788

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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

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date of birth
1925-08-25
date of death
2012-05-20
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