Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1925-08-25
- Died
- 2012-05-20
- Works
- 165
Top works
- Discover Informational Reports E-Book
- Personal Narratives E-Book
- One Silly Hey Diddle Day
- Humpty Dumpty's Fall
- Christmas Carol : the Characters Live!
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 1,102
- Total plays
- 6,788
Tags
blues
A blues belter in the classic tradition, Carrie Smith was born August 25, 1941, in Fort Gaines, GA. Despite making her debut at the 1957 Newport Jazz Festival while a member of a New Jersey church choir, she did not truly emerge on the jazz circuit until the early '70s, in the company of Big "Tiny" Little. In November of 1974, Smith's riveting performance as Bessie Smith (no relation) in Dick Hyman's Carnegie Hall production of Satchmo Remembered brought her fame throughout the international
Key dates
- Born
- 25 August 1925
- Died
- 20 May 2012
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Smith
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Fort Gaines
- Occupation
- musician
- Genre
- swing
- Record label
- Black & Blue
- Image
- Carrie Smith.jpg
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Connections
Categories
1925 births2012 deaths21st-century American womenAmerican blues singersAmerican jazz singersAmerican women singersBlack & Blue Records artistsJazz musicians from Newark, New JerseyPeople from Fort Gaines, GeorgiaSingers from Georgia (U.S. state)Statesmen of Jazz membersWorld's Greatest Jazz Band members