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Trixie Smith

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African American blues singer, recording artist, vaudeville entertainer, and actress (1895-1943)

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
United States
Active from
1969-08-06
Active to
2003-10-21
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21,894
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Trixie Smith (1895 – September 21, 1943) was an African-American blues singer, recording artist, vaudeville entertainer, and actress. She made four dozen recordings. Born and raised in Atlanta, Georgia, Smith came from a middle class-background. She attended Selma University in Alabama before moving to New York around 1915. Smith worked in minstrel shows and on the TOBA vaudeville circuit, before making her first recordings for the Black Swan label in 1922. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Tr

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Family name
Smith
Gender
female
Citizenship
United States
Place of birth
Atlanta
Place of death
New York City
Occupation
actor
Languages spoken
English language
Native language
English language
Genre
blues
Instrument
voice
Record label
Black Swan Records
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date of death
1943-09-21
date of birth
1895-01-01
start of work period
1920-00-00
writing language
English language
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