MUSICIAN

Mamie Smith

1891 - 1946

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Mamie Smith (née Robinson; May 26, 1891 – August or 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 381,340 page views. Her biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Mamie Smith is the 1,699th most popular musician (down from 1,139th in 2019), the 8,549th most popular biography from United States (down from 5,582nd in 2019) and the 632nd most popular American Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 380k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 45.52

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.77

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.25

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Mamie Smith ranks 1,699 out of 3,175. Before her are Bukka White, Jimmy Miller, Lee Ranaldo, Chad Channing, Hal Blaine, and Laura Nyro. After her are Ian Haugland, Paul Bostaph, Fabio Biondi, Chuck Mangione, Jennifer Batten, and Boz Burrell.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1891, Mamie Smith ranks 247. Before her are Francis Pegahmagabow, Ernest Leonard Johnson, Boris Lavrenyov, Hendrik Adamson, Birbal Sahni, and Oliverio Girondo. After her are Erik Lindahl, Jean Jacoby, Bernhard Zondek, Béla von Kehrling, John A. Costello, and Lorenzo Mangiante. Among people deceased in 1946, Mamie Smith ranks 205. Before her are Ferdinand Boberg, León Cortés Castro, Hendrik Adamson, Slim Summerville, Arthur Dove, and Boris Lisunov. After her are Edwin Mills, Vincent Youmans, Ivan Moskvin, James Cecil Parke, Eduard Bass, and Paul Nash.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Mamie Smith ranks 8,549 out of 20,380. Before her are Cass Gilbert (1859), John Buscema (1927), Jack Harlow (1998), Gorilla Monsoon (1937), Laura Nyro (1947), and David Hammond (1881). After her are Shane McMahon (1970), Dudley Nichols (1895), Ron Cephas Jones (1957), Lisa Murkowski (1957), Jena Malone (1984), and Parker Posey (1968).

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Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, Mamie Smith ranks 632. Before her are Bukka White (1906), Jimmy Miller (1942), Lee Ranaldo (1956), Chad Channing (1967), Hal Blaine (1929), and Laura Nyro (1947). After her are Paul Bostaph (1964), Chuck Mangione (1940), Jennifer Batten (1957), Sly Stone (1943), Doug Aldrich (1964), and Spencer Dryden (1938).

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