Willie Mae Ford Smith
Sign in to saveAlso known as Willie Mae Ford, Mother Smith
American singer (1904-1994)
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Vinony files it under 1904 births, 1994 deaths and 20th-century African-American women singers.
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Film & TV
Rolling Fork, Mississippi, USA
Known for
- Say Amen, Somebody — Herself1983
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- Listeners
- 554
- Total plays
- 2,989
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Willie Mae Ford (1904 – 1994), also known as Mother Willie Mae Ford Smith, was an American gospel singer. Born in Rolling Fork, Mississippi, she moved to Memphis, Tennessee as a child. She was raised in the Baptist church and began singing with her sisters, Mary, Geneva, Lucille, and Emma, in a family group known as "The Ford Sisters" after the family moved to St. Louis. The group, and Willie Mae in particular, achieved wider fame after an appearance at the 1922 National Baptist Convention. <a
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Smith
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Rolling Fork
- Place of death
- St. Louis
- Genre
- gospel music
- Instrument
- voice
- Record label
- Savoy Records
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- date of birth
- 1904-06-23
- date of death
- 1994-02-02
- ethnic group
- African Americans
- start of work period
- 1931-00-00
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