Mamie_Smith,_Crazy_Blues.ogg (Ogg Vorbis sound file, length 3 min 31 s, 91 kbps, file size: 2.29 MB)

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English: This 1920 record is the first commercial recording of blues music by an African-American singer: "Crazy Blues" was composed by Perry Bradford for Mamie Smith in 1920, and sold a million copies in its first year.
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Эрзянь: This 1920 record is the first commercial recording of blues music by an African-American singer: "Crazy Blues" was composed by Perry Bradford for Mamie Smith, and sold a million copies in its first year.
Polski: Crazy Bluesblues w wykonaniu Mamie Smith z 1920 roku.
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Source The Internet Archive
Author "Mamie Smith & Her Jazz Hounds", Perry Bradford (1893–1970)
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English: This 1920 record is the first commercial recording of blues music by an African-American singer: "Crazy Blues" was composed by Perry Bradford for Mamie Smith, and sold a million copies in its first year.
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English: This 1920 record is the first commercial recording of blues music by an African-American singer: "Crazy Blues" was composed by Perry Bradford for Mamie Smith, and sold a million copies in its first year.

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