Black Fact = 1920 (Feb.14)- Mammie Smith became the first black woman to make a record on this date in 1920. Smith recorded “You Can’t Keep a Good Man Down” and “This Thing Called Love.”
Mamie Smith was the first African-American female performer to make a phonograph record, paving the way for all the classic blues women of the 1920s and beyond. Though one of the recordings that spread her fame was called “Crazy Blues,” Smith was more closely associated with popular songs of the day than with the blues. Her commanding stage manner and luxurious self-presentation influenced the development of urban concert blues, and it was immediately clear that her recordings were milestones African-American music.#theraydiotwins
