Frankie Smith
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American funk musician and R&B/soul songwriter (1953–2019)
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Within Vinony's link graph, Frankie Smith is referenced by 32 other articles, and connects out to rapping, rhythm and blues and Tennessee.
It is catalogued under topics including 1940 births, 2019 deaths and 20th-century African-American male singers.
Its subject is documented across 5 Wikipedia language editions.
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 2
Top works
- Truth Matters
- Keep Calm and Hug a Panda
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1969-08-06
- Active to
- 2003-10-21
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
- 52,526
- Total plays
- 200,426
Tags
Frankie Smith is a funk musician and R&B/soul songwriter. He was a writer for funk and soul artists such as the O'Jays and The Spinners. He has also been influential in the careers of the rappers Tone Lōc and Ice Cube. With his 1981 single "Double Dutch Bus" released by WMOT Records, Smith popularized a nonsensical form of slang, in which "iz" is placed in the middle of a word (place becomes plizace) or the last letters of a word are replaced with "-izzle" (sure becomes shizzle). <a href="ht
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Smith
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Philadelphia
- Place of death
- Philadelphia
- Occupation
- singer
- Genre
- rhythm and blues
Show 3 more facts
- date of birth
- 1953-01-29
- date of death
- 2019-03-08
- start of work period
- 1979-00-00
Sources (3)
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