Trixie Smith

African American blues singer, recording artist, vaudeville entertainer, and actress (1895-1943)

Person · Open Library

Works: 4

Top works

Building Bridges through Writing
Writing Centers and Disability
Surviving freshman composition
Teaching in the pop culture zone

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Atlanta, Georgia, USA

African American blues singer, recording artist, vaudeville entertainer, and actress who lived in Harlem.

Known for

Swing! — Lucy1938
God's Step Children — A Visitor1938
Birthright1938
The Black King — Delia1932

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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

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Listeners: 21,894
Total plays: 91,659

Tags

bluesjazz30sAllClassic Blues

Trixie Smith (1895 – September 21, 1943) was an African-American blues singer, recording artist, vaudeville entertainer, and actress. She made four dozen recordings. Born and raised in Atlanta, Georgia, Smith came from a middle class-background. She attended Selma University in Alabama before moving to New York around 1915. Smith worked in minstrel shows and on the TOBA vaudeville circuit, before making her first recordings for the Black Swan label in 1922. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Tr

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