Uploaded by harryoakley on Feb 26, 2009
Blues singer Mamie Smith, who recorded the first vocal blues records for OKeh in 1921, sings "Harlem Blues" (actually a re-worked version of her first hit "Crazy Blues") accompanied by the Juanite Hall Singers.
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Thanks for this wonderful footage of Smith.
2 years ago 6
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Because THE ALPHABETICAL 4 were a gospel quartet is the reason they did not get screen credit. Gospel artists are often frowned upon when they do secular music.This is the same reason THE SOUTHERNAIRES did not get screen credit in the 1934 film" Bubbling Over. JOHNNY SMITH later sang with a phony INKSPOTS quartet.In the 1970's he was on the Mike Douglas TV show claiming to be an original INKSPOTS but Mike Douglas wasn't fool.
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So Fabulous!What a fantastic clip! Sal
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i like
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ma rainey bessie smith and mami smith are the queens of blues but Ma RAiney is the Goddess of the Blues
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The warmth in her voice here is a thing of beauty.
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Beautiful. Warm singer, warm setting. Moving. Thanks for sharing.
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@harryoakley sorry, didn't mean to offend anyone.. but you're right!
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The quartet in this film is THE ALPHABETICAL FOUR a gospel quartet that recorded for Decca Records. Seen singing on lead here is JOHNNY SMITH.
pbrgma1 1 month ago
@pbrgma1 Thank you for this information - I am sure you are right, but can you give some evidence; is there for instance something else on YouTube for comparison?
harryoakley 1 month ago
This is one of the most wonderful things I've ever seen or heard on Youtube, and I've seen many wonderful things. I literally got chills from the Juanite Hall Singers. Yet more proof that Black people invented barbershop, as if more proof was needed.
So, Thanks!!!
Who's on piano?
KawhackitaRag 1 year ago 9
The pianist is a familiar extra in music films - he is also the main character in the Louis Armstrong film in which he plays and sings clad in a leopard skin.
harryoakley 1 year ago