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Mamie Smith

1891 - 1946

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Mamie Smith (née Robinson; May 26, 1891 – September 16, 1946) was an American singer. As a vaudeville singer, she performed in multiple styles, including jazz and blues. In 1920, she entered blues history as the first African-American artist to make vocal blues recordings. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mamie Smith has received more than 358,358 page views. Her biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Mamie Smith is the 1,142nd most popular musician (down from 1,042nd in 2019), the 5,594th most popular biography from United States (down from 5,175th in 2019) and the 423rd most popular American Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 360k

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  • 48.29

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.14

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.60

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Mamie Smith ranks 1,142 out of 2,662Before her are Timo Tolkki, David Ellefson, Stan Kenton, Denny Laine, Bonnie Raitt, and Bob James. After her are Levon Helm, Menahem Pressler, Shavo Odadjian, Parov Stelar, Sonny Stitt, and Frank Thomas.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1891, Mamie Smith ranks 173Before her are Françoise Rosay, Mariano Ospina Pérez, Mae Busch, Alfred Sturtevant, Julius Saaristo, and Raymond Bernard. After her are Alexander Gorbatov, Lasar Segall, Fanny Brice, Yevgeny Polivanov, Ferdinand Bruckner, and William Christian Bullitt Jr.. Among people deceased in 1946, Mamie Smith ranks 156Before her are Alfred Stock, Mae Busch, Moriz Rosenthal, William Wain Prior, Shefqet Vërlaci, and Rudolf Walden. After her are Danuta Siedzikówna, Wen Yiduo, Maud Watson, Juan Antonio Ríos, Pantelis Karasevdas, and Rafael Erich.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Mamie Smith ranks 5,594 out of 18,182Before her are Bonnie Raitt (1949), John Drew Barrymore (1932), Dinah Shore (1916), William Dwight Whitney (1827), Bob James (1939), and Franchot Tone (1905). After her are Annette Haven (1954), Lou Gramm (1950), David Conrad (1967), Taraji P. Henson (1970), Richard Jaeckel (1926), and Levon Helm (1940).

Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, Mamie Smith ranks 423Before her are Scott Travis (1961), Bruce Kulick (1953), David Ellefson (1964), Stan Kenton (1911), Bonnie Raitt (1949), and Bob James (1939). After her are Levon Helm (1940), Sonny Stitt (1924), Frank Thomas (1912), Dexter Holland (1965), Norah Jones (1979), and Lee Ritenour (1952).