A) Popular colored singer
B) Popular blues vocal
Prewar Female Blues, Jazz
Mamie Smith (vocals)
Personnel A: Herschell Brassfield (alto sax); Coleman Hawkins (tenor sax); with unknown others
Personnel B: Same as A, with Sam Speed (banjo) and Everett Robbins (piano); with unknown others
A) 70825-B recorded c. September 6, 1922
B) 70809-A recorded c. August 15, 1922
Both sides OKeh Recording Studio, 25 W. 45th St., New York, NY