In 1920, Mamie Smith was the first black woman to record a record.

Mamie Smith is the first African American to have made a commercial recording.

During the 1920s, classic female blues singers like Mamie Smith became the first musical celebrities of national renown.

A scratchy snippet heard from the blues singer Mamie Smith demonstrates the problem.

He then moved to California early in the 1920s, where he opened a record store and then toured with Mamie Smith.

Brooks toured and recorded with Mamie Smith in the early 1920s, then settled in California.

Mamie Smith was made wealthy by the record's success.

Mamie Smith appeared in an early sound film, Jailhouse Blues, in 1929.

The archive includes the first ever commercial blues recording, a song called "Crazy Blues" recorded by Mamie Smith in 1920.

In 1920, a singer called Mamie Smith recorded a song called "Crazy Blues,".