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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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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| Source | The Internet Archive |
| Author | "Mamie Smith & Her Jazz Hounds", Perry Bradford (1893–1970) |
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The author died in 1970, so this work is in the public domain in its country of origin and other countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 50 years or fewer. Under the Classics Protection and Access Act (17 U.S.C. § 1401), this sound recording is in the public domain in the United States because it was published before January 1, 1924.  Not all audio files are "sound recordings". Sounds accompanying a motion picture or other audiovisual work are not sound recordings under U.S. copyright law. Use this template's equivalent, {{PD-old-50-expired}}, for works that are not sound recordings.
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This file was selected as the media of the day for 31 January 2020. It was captioned as follows:
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. Эрзянь: Те сёрмадовксось ульнесь теезь 1920 иестэ, ды кармась васеньце блюзонь коммерциянь сёрмадовксокс афро-американь морыцянь: "Crazy Blues" ульнесь сёрмадозь Перри Брадфорд Мамие Смитнэ. Ульнесь миезь вейке миллион копият васенце иенть перть. Polski: Crazy Blues – blues w wykonaniu Mamie Smith z 1920 roku.
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| current | 01:44, 20 October 2008 | 3 min 31 s (2.29 MB) | Adam Cuerden | {{Information |Description=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. This is Okeh-4 |
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