Pinetop Smith: Difference between revisions

| image = File:American_blues_pianist_Pinetop_Smith.png

| caption = Smith in the 1920s

| alias = "Pine Top" or "Pinetop" Smith

| birth_place = [[Troy, Alabama|Troy]], Alabama, U.S.

| instrument = {{hlist|Piano, |vocals}}

| genre = {{hlist|[[Boogie-woogie]], |[[blues]]}}

| occupation = {{hlist|Musician, |comedian}}

| years_active = c.{{circa}} 1920–1929

'''Clarence "Pinetop" Smith''' (June 11, 1904 &ndash; March 15, 1929), better known as '''Pinetop Smith''' or '''Pine Top Smith''',<ref name="Trail"/> was an American [[boogie-woogie]] style [[blues]] pianist. His [[hit record|hit]] tune "Pine Top's Boogie Woogie" featured rhythmic "[[break (music)|break]]s" that were an essential ingredient of [[ragtime]] music, but also a fundamental foreshadowing of [[rock and roll]].<ref name="Music"/> The song was also the first known use of the term "boogie woogie" on a record, and cemented that term as the moniker for the genre.