Pinetop Smith
Sign in to saveAlso known as Clarence Smith, Pine Top Smith, Clarence "Pinetop" Smith
American boogie-woogie style blues pianist (1904-1929)
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1969-08-06
- Active to
- 2003-10-21
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Discography
- Shytown / No Confidence Man1994
- Roman Candle1994
- Needle in the Hay1995
- Elliott Smith1995
- Speed Trials1996
- Division Day / No Name #61997
- Either/Or1997
- Ballad of Big Nothing1998
- XO1998
- Waltz #2 (XO)1998
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 6,933
- Total plays
- 18,434
Tags
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Clarence Smith, better known as Pinetop Smith or Pine Top Smith (11 June 1904 - 15 March 1929) was an influential American boogie-woogie style jazz pianist. Smith was born in Troy, Alabama and raised in Birmingham, Alabama. He worked for some time as an entertainer in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, then toured on the T. O. B. A. Vaudeville circuit. For a time he worked as accompanist for blues singer Ma Rainey. In the late 1920s he settled in Chicago, Illinois. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Pi
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Smith
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Troy
- Place of death
- Chicago
- Occupation
- composer
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Award
- Grammy Hall of Fame
- Genre
- blues
- Instrument
- voice
- Record label
- Vocalion Records
Show 7 more facts
- manner of death
- homicide
- date of birth
- 1904-06-00
- date of death
- 1929-03-15
- cause of death
- gunshot wound
- start of work period
- 1920-00-00
- pseudonym
- Pinetop Smith
- ethnic group
- African Americans
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