Trixie Smith
Trixie Smith (1895 – September 21, 1943) was an African-American blues singer, recording artist, vaudeville entertainer, and actress. She made four dozen recordings.
Biography
Born and raised in Atlanta, Georgia, Smith came from a middle class-background. She attended Selma University in Alabama before moving to New York around 1915. Smith worked in minstrel shows and on the TOBA vaudeville circuit, before making her first recordings for the Black Swan label in 1922.
Amongst these were "My Man Rocks Me (With One Steady Roll)" (1922), written by J. Berni Barbour, of historic interest as the first secular recording to reference the phrase "rock and roll". Her record inspired various lyrical elaborations, such as "Rock That Thing" by Lil Johnson and "Rock Me Mama" by Ikey Robinson. Also in 1922, Trixie Smith won first place and a silver cup in a blues singing contest at the Inter-Manhattan Casino in New York, sponsored by dancer Irene Castle, with her song "Trixie's Blues," singing against Alice Leslie Carter, Daisy Martin and Lucille Hegamin. She is most remembered for "Railroad Blues" (1925), a song that featured one of Smith's most inspired vocal performances on record, and "The World Is Jazz Crazy and So Am I" (1925). Both songs feature Louis Armstrong on cornet. She was a highly polished performer, and her records include several outstanding examples of the blues on which she is accompanied by artists such as James P. Johnson, and Freddie Keppard. She recorded with Fletcher Henderson's Orchestra for Paramount Records in 1924–25.
This page contains text from Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia - https://wn.com/Trixie_Smith
Podcasts:
Trixie Smith
ALBUMS
- White Mink : Black Cotton, Volume 3 released: 2013
- Blue Jasmine (Music from the Motion Picture) released: 2013
- The Rough Guide to Blues Legends: Bessie Smith released: 2011
- The Complete American Masters 1931–1953 released: 2011
- White Mink : Black Cotton, Volume 2 released: 2010
- Blues Women Anthology, Volume 4 released: 2007
- Music of Coal: Mining Songs From the Applachian Coalfields released: 2007
- Shout It Out Sister: The Great Female Blues Singers released: 2006
- Simply Blues released: 2005
- Vintage Trains: Songs of the Steam Age released: 2005
- Reefer Madness: A Collection of Vintage Drug Songs 1927-1945 released: 2004
- Dope & Glory: Reefer Songs der 30er & 40er Jahre released: 2002
- Les 100 plus grands thèmes du blues released: 2001
- The Great Women Blues Singers released: 2001
- The Sidney Bechet Story released: 2001
- Rhapsodies in Black, Music and Words From the Harlem Renaissance released: 2000
- Too Late, Too Late: More Newly Discovered Titles, Supplements & Alternative Takes, Volume 13 (1921-1940) released: 1999
- Men Are Like Street Cars... Women Blues Singers 1928-1969 released: 1999
- Wie man mit Jazz die Herzen der Frauen gewinnt released: 1999
- The Blues Collection 73: Blues Women released: 1996
- Complete Recorded Works in Chronological Order, Volume 2: 1925-1939 released: 1995
- Complete Recorded Works in Chronological Order, Volume 1: 1922-1924 released: 1995
- The History of Jazz: New Orleans Joys released: 1994
- Volume 6: 1925 released: 1994
- Blues Masters, Volume 11: Classic Blues Women released: 1993
- Les génies du Blues - Blues Festival 1 released: 1992
- Blues, Volume 2 released: 1991
- My Daddy Rocks Me — No. 2 / No Good Man released: 1939
- He May Be Your Man (But He Comes To See Me Sometimes) / Jack, I’m Mellow released: 1938
- Freight Train Blues / My Unusual Man released: 1938
- My Daddy Rocks Me / Trixie Blues released: 1938
- Railroad Blues / The World’s Gone Jazz Crazy And So Am I released: 1925
- Mining Camp Blues / You’ve Got To Beat Me To Keep Me released: 1925
- Everybody Loves My Baby (But My Baby Don’t Love Nobody But Me) / How Come You Do Me like You Do? released: 1925
- Black Bottom Hop / He Likes It Slow released: 1925
- I Don't Know And I Don’t Care Blues / Sorrowful Blues released: 1924
- Freight Train Blues / Don’t Shake It No More released: 1924
- Choo-choo Blues / Ride Jockey Ride released: 1924
- Praying Blues / Ada Jane’s Blues released: 1924
- Tired Of Waiting Blues / Triflin’ Blues released: 1923
- Log Cabin Blues / Voodoo Blues released: 1923
- 2 A.M. Blues / I’m Gonna Get You released: 1923
- You Missed A Good Women When You Picked All Over Me / Long Lost, Weary Blues released: 1922
- Take It Daddy It’s All Yours / I’m Through With You (As I Can Be) released: 1922
- He May Be Your Man (But He Comes To See Me Sometimes) / Pensacola Blues released: 1922
- Give Me That Slow Drag / My Man Rocks Me (With One Steady Roll) released: 1922
- Desperate Blues / Trixie’s Blues released: 1922
- Reefer Songs released:
Blue Jasmine (Music from the Motion Picture)
Released 2013- Back O' Town Blues
- Blues My Naughty Sweetie Gives to Me
- Blue Moon
- Speakeasy Blues
- A Good Man Is Hard to Find
- Great White Way
- Aunt Hagar’s Blues
- The Vision
- House Party
- Yacht Club
- Out on the Town
- Average Joe
- Human Static
- Miami Sunset Bar
- Ipanema Breeze
- Welcome to the Night
- My Baby Sends Me (a.k.a. My Daddy Rocks Me)
- Love Theme
- West End Blues
- Black Snake Blues
The Rough Guide to Blues Legends: Bessie Smith
Released 2011- Down Hearted Blues
- A Good Man Is Hard to Find
- I Ain't Gonna Play No Second Fiddle
- Careless Love
- Muddy Water (A Mississippi Moan)
- T'Ain't Nobody's Bizness If I Do
- I Need a Little Sugar in My Bowl
- Send Me to the 'Lectric Chair
- Gimme a Pigfoot and a Bottle of Beer
- Empty Bed Blues (Part One)
- Empty Bed Blues (Part Two)
- Back Water Blues
- The Yellow Dog Blues
- Me and My Gin
- St Louis Blues
- Jazzbo Brown From Memphis Town
- Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out
- After You've Gone
- Jailhouse Blues
- Dirty No-Gooder's Blues
- I'd Rather Be Dead and Buried in My Grave
The Complete American Masters 1931–1953
Released 2011- I Ain’t Gonna Give Nobody None of This Jelly Roll
- I’m Coming Virginia
- Limehouse Blues
- Georgia Cabin
- Texas Moaner Blues
- Strange Fruit
- You’re the Limit
- Rip Up the Joint
- Suey
- Blues in the Air
- The Mooche
- Laughin’ in Rhythm
- Twelfth Street Rag
- Mood Indigo
- Rose Room
- Oh, Lady Be Good!
- What Is This Thing Called Love
- After You’ve Gone
- V-Disc Blues: Bugle Call Rag / Ole Miss
- Medley of Parodies: Dear Mom / Tangerine / Nagasaki
- Bechet Parades the Blues (St. Louis Blues)
- St. Louis Blues
- Jazz Me Blues
Blues Women Anthology, Volume 4
Released 2007- Piece of Man
- Pleasantly Blue
- Say It
- Recall the Days
- Night Time Is the Right Time
- You Make Me Feel So Good
- What You Will Blues
- I Gotta Get Drunk
- It's a Mean Old Man's World
- My Daddy Rocks Me
- There Must Be a Better World Somewhere
- Push a Little
- Yesterday Is Here
- Please Call Me, Baby
- I Got the Blues
- Gulf Coast Blues
- Better Days
- Problems
- Joshua Fit the Battle of Jerico (live)
- The Low Down Lonely Blues
Music of Coal: Mining Songs From the Applachian Coalfields
Released 2007- Down in a Coal Mine (excerpt)
- Mining Camp Blues
- Sprinkle Coal Dust on My Grave
- Coal Miner's Blues
- Hard Times in Coleman's Mine
- He's Only a Miner Killed in the Ground
- Coal Black Mining Blues
- '31 Depression Blues
- Prayer of a Miner's Child
- That Twenty-Five Cents You Paid
- The L&N Don't Stop Here Anymore
- Dark as a Dungeon
- Come All You Coal Miners
- My Sweetheart's the Mule in the Mines
- Thirty Inch Coal
- Black Waters
- Roof Boltin' Daddy
- Dream of a Miner's Child
- Coal Miner's Boogie
- The Yablonski Murder
- What Are We Gonna Do?
- Explosion at Derby Mine
- Blind Fiddler
- Loadin' Coal
- Coal Town Saturday Night
- It's Been a Long Time
- Fountain Filled With Blood
Shout It Out Sister: The Great Female Blues Singers
Released 2006- Crazy Blues
- See See Rider
- Cake Walking Babies
- Freight Train Blues
- Young Woman's Blues
- T.B. Blues
- I've Got Ford Movements in My Hips
- I Want Plenty of Grease in My Frying Pan
- Leavenworth Blues
- Ain't Got Nobody to Grind My Coffee
- I'm a Mighty Tight Woman
- Death Cell Blues
- Mama Don't Allow
- Hot Nuts
- If It Don't Fit (Don't Force It)
- Bluer Than Blue
- Frankie and Johnny
- That Old Feeling
- Hard Time Blues
- Me and My Chauffeur Blues
Vintage Trains: Songs of the Steam Age
Released 2005- Beyond the Blue Horizon
- Down by the Railroad Track
- The Runaway Train
- On a Local Train Journey
- Choo-Choo
- Wabash Cannonball
- When the Midnight Choo-Choo Leaves for Alabam'
- Trains
- Orient Express
- On the Wigan Boat Express
- Freight Train Blues
- Chattanooga Choo-Choo
- Orange Blossom Special
- Honky Tonk Train Blues
- Get on Board, Little Children
- On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe
- Le Petit Train
- I Like Riding on a Choo-Choo
- Take the "A" train
- Choo-Choo Ch'boogie
- Gone to Chicago
- The Golden Rocket
- Rock Island Line
- Coronation Scott
- Sounds of the Steam Age (1961 Stereo Recording)
Reefer Madness: A Collection of Vintage Drug Songs 1927-1945
Released 2004- Dope Head Blues
- Reefer Man
- Wacky Dust (feat. Chick Webb)
- Kickin' the Gong Around
- Knockin' Myself Out
- Sweet Marijuana Brown
- Texas Tea Party
- Onyx Hop
- The Reefer Song (If You're a Viper)
- Take a Whiff on Me
- Gimme a Pigfoot (Gimme a Reefer)
- Ol' Man River (Smoke a Little Tea)
- When I Get Low, I Get High (feat. Chick Webb)
- Lotus Blossom (Sweet Marijuana)
- Minnie the Moocher
- I'm Feeling High & Happy
- Here Comes the Man With the Jive
- Jack, I'm Mellow
Dope & Glory: Reefer Songs der 30er & 40er Jahre
Released 2002- Sendin' the Vipers
- Viper's Drag
- When I Get Low I Get High
- I'm Gonna Get High
- Spinach Song
- Do You Dig My Jive
- Ol' Man River
- Knockin Myself Out
- Reefer Man
- The Man From Harlem
- Here Comes the Man With the Jive
- If You're a Viper
- Texas Tea Party
- Light Up
- Jack I'm Mellow
- Sweet Marihuana Brown
- Viper Mad
- Weed Smoker's Dream
- The 'G' Man Got the 'T' Man
- All the Jive Is Gone
- The Stuff Is Here
- Weed
- Knockin' Myself Out
- If You're a Viper
- Save the Roach for Me
Les 100 plus grands thèmes du blues
Released 2001- St. Louis Blues
- See See Rider
- Nobody Knows The Way I Feel This Morning
- Shipwrecked Blues
- Some Cold Rainy Day
- My Handy Man
- Dirty TB Blues
- My Man O'War
- Shave 'Em Dry
- My Stove's In Good Condition
- How Long, Daddy
- Trixie Blues
- Death Letter Blues
- Down Hearted Blues
- Pallet On The Floor
- The Blues Ain't Nothing But
- Fine And Mellow
- I'm Tired Of Fattening Frogs
- Me And My Chauffeur
- Trouble In Mind
- Why Don't You Do Right
- Cool Kind Papa
- Million Dollar Secret
- Basin Street Blues
- The Blues
The Great Women Blues Singers
Released 2001- St. Louis Blues
- Nobody's Blues but Mine
- Blues on Blues
- Oh Papa Blues
- Strugglin' Woman's Blues
- Little Rock Blues
- Atlanta Blues
- Lonesome Day Blues
- I Ain't Givin' Nobody None
- Rolling Log Blues
- Down the Big Road Blues
- Be My Kid Blues
- Dirty T.B. Blues
- Blood Hound Blues
- Fogyism
- Pap's Got Your Bath Water On
- He's in the Ring
- I'd Rather See Him Dead
- Rosetta Blues
- Freight Train Blues
The Sidney Bechet Story
Released 2001- Old Man Blues
- Wild Man Blues
- Nobody Knows the Way I Feel 'Dis Mornin'
- Blues in Thirds
- Save It, Pretty Mama
- Stompy Jones
- Egyptian Fantasy
- Baby, Won't You Please Come Home?
- The Sheik of Araby
- I Know That You Know
- When It's Sleepy Time Down South
- I'm Coming Virginia
- Limehouse Blues
- Georgia Cabin
- Strange Fruit
- Blues in the Air
- The Mooche
- Twelfth Street Rag
- Mood Indigo
- Rose Room
- Oh, Lady Be Good
- What Is This Thing Called Love?
- After You've Gone
- V-Disc Blues
- St. Louis Blues
Rhapsodies in Black, Music and Words From the Harlem Renaissance
Released 2000- The Negro Speaks of Rivers (Poem by Langston Hughes)
- Cotton Club Stomp
- The Harlem Strut
- Brother Low Down
- Letter From Aaron Douglas to Langston Hughes (excerpt)
- There'll Be Some Changes Made
- Sounds of Africa
- Sweet Man O' Mine
- The Weary Blues (Poem by Langstron Hughes)
- Blues Ain't Nothin Else But!
- Kansas City Man Blues
- Indianola
- Hard Hearted Hannah
- Sonnet to a Negro in Harlem (Poem by Helene Johnson)
- St. Louis Blues
- Copenhagen
- Cake Walking Babies From Home
- Long Gone (Poem by Sterling Brown)
- Railroad Blues
Too Late, Too Late: More Newly Discovered Titles, Supplements & Alternative Takes, Volume 13 (1921-1940)
Released 1999- Royal Garden Blues (take A)
- I Got to Cool My Doggies Now
- The Dog, the Flea and the Bumble Bee
- When Malindy Sings
- Just Because You Are You
- Castaway
- She Walked Right Up and Took My Man Away (take B)
- Eziekel Saw de Wheel (1813-1)
- I Don't Want Nobody (That Don't Want Me)
- Just a Cotton Picker's Blues
- Temptation Blues
- Aching Blues
- Love Me Like You Used to Do (take 1)
- Jealousy Blues (take 4)
- I Had to Come Back Home Blues
- Lock Step Blues
- Nancy Jane (take 2)
- I'll Be Smiling When You're Crying
- You're Driving Me Crazy
- Biscuit Roller Blues (take B)
- Rocky Mountain Blues (take A)
- Reefer Hound Blues (take 4-alternate)
- I Love My Baby
- Mississippi Town (Jackson Blues) (take B)
Men Are Like Street Cars... Women Blues Singers 1928-1969
Released 1999- Some Cold Rainy Day
- Whiskey Drinkin' Blues
- Tallahatchie River Blues
- Bumble Bee
- Hot Nuts (Get 'em From the Peanut Man)
- I'll Keep Sittin' On It (If I Can't Sell It)
- Black Snake Swing
- If You're a Viper
- Jack I'm Mellow
- Don't You Make Me High
- My Man and I
- Rock Me
- I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues
- Men Are Like Street Cars
- Chirpin' the Blues
- Fine and Mellow
- Cannon Ball
- Blow Top Blues
- I'm Tired of Crying Over You
- T'Ain't Nobody's Business If I Do
- Worry, Worry, Worry
- It's Been a Long Time
- Boogie Woogie Choo Choo Train
Wie man mit Jazz die Herzen der Frauen gewinnt
Released 1999- West End Blues
- Ubangi Man
- Zulu Wail
- The Head Hunter's Dream
- You Bring Out the Savage in Me
- Caravan
- La Conga Primitive Man
- Pour Commencer
- Find Me a Primitive Man
- Tiger Moan
- Klavierstück
- Sweet Like a Honey Bee
- Tickle Britches Blues
- Why Don't You Do Right
- The Trumpet's Prayer
- Me and My Chauffeur Blues
- Yes, Yes
- Kansas City Man Blues
- Sensation Blues
- El Ritmo
- Si Soy Asi
- My Man Rocks Me
- That's a Plenty
- Wabash Blues
- Caravan
The Blues Collection 73: Blues Women
Released 1996- I've Got Ford Movements in My Hips
- Chickasaw Train Blues (Low Down Dirty Thing)
- I'm a Mighty Tight Woman
- Lock and Key
- Trouble in My Mind Blues
- My Man o' War
- Pig Iron Sally
- Shipwrecked Blues
- I've Got What It Takes (It Breaks My Heart to Give It Away)
- Doggone My Good Luck Soul
- Muddy Creek Blues
- Second-Handed Blues
- My Daddy Rocks Me
- Alley Boogie
- Minor Blues
- Love With a Feeling
- Hard Time Blues
- Cheatin' on Me
- Why Don't You Do Right?
- Bootie Wah Bootie
Complete Recorded Works in Chronological Order, Volume 2: 1925-1939
Released 1995- Everybody Loves My Baby (take 6)
- How Come You Do Me Like You Do (take 6)
- You've Got to Beat Me to Keep Me
- Mining Camp Blues (take 1)
- Mining Camp Blues (take 2)
- The World's Jazz Crazy and So Am I (take 1)
- The World's Jazz Crazy and So Am I (take 2)
- Railroad Blues (take 1)
- Railroad Blues (take 2)
- Everybody's Doing That Charleston Now (take 1)
- He Likes It Slow (take 2)
- Black Bottom Hop
- Love Me Like You Used to Do
- Messin' Around (take 1)
- Messin' Around (take 2)
- Freight Train Blues
- Trixie Blues
- My Daddy Rocks Me
- My Daddy Rocks Me No. 2
- He May Be Your Man (But He Comes to See Me Sometimes)
- Jack I'm Mellow
- My Unusual Man
- No Good Man
Complete Recorded Works in Chronological Order, Volume 1: 1922-1924
Released 1995- Desperate Blues (take 2)
- Trixies Blues
- You Missed a Good Woman When You Picked All Over Me (take 2)
- Long Lost, Weary Blues (take 3)
- He May Be Your Man
- Pensacola Blues
- Give Me That Old Slow Drag
- My Man Rocks Me
- 'I'm Through' With You (As I Can Be)
- Take It Daddy, Its All Yours
- I'm Gonna Get You
- 2 a.m. Blues
- Log Cabin Blues
- Voo Doo Blues
- Tired of Waitin' Blues
- Triflin' Blues
- I Don't Know and I Don't Care Blues (take 1)
- Freight Train Blues
- Sorrowful Blues
- Don't Shake It No More (take 2)
- Praying Blues (take 2)
- Ada Jane's Blues
- Ride Jockey Ride
- Choo Choo Blues (take 2)
- Choo Choo Blues (take 3)
The History of Jazz: New Orleans Joys
Released 1994- Wild Man Blues
- Ory's Creole Trombone
- Get 'em Again Blues
- Too Tight
- Sweet 'n' Low Blues
- Bean Koo Jack
- Duet Stomp
- Maple Leaf Rag
- He May Be Your Man, but He Comes to See Me Sometimes
- Really the Blues
- Oh! Didn't He Ramble
- 2.19 Blues
- Shimme-Sha-Wobble
- Down in Jungle Town
- Make Me a Pallet on the Floor
- Red Onion Blues
- New Orleans Hop Scop Blues
- High Society
Volume 6: 1925
Released 1994- Cast Away
- Papa-De Da-Da
- The World's Jazz Crazy and So Am I
- The World's Jazz Crazy and So Am I (alternate take)
- Railroad Blues
- Railroad Blues (alternate take)
- Shipwrecked Blues
- Court House Blues
- Court House Blues (alternate take)
- My John Blues
- Memphis Bound
- When You Do What You Do
- I'll Take Her Back If She Wants to Come Back
- Money Blues
- Money Blues (alternate take)
- Nashville Women's Blues
- Nashville Women's Blues (alternate take)
- Careless Love Blues
- Careless Love Blues (alternate take)
- J.C. Holmes Blues
- I Ain't Goin' to Play Second Fiddle
- Sugar Foot Stomp
- What-Cha-Call-'em Blues
Blues Masters, Volume 11: Classic Blues Women
Released 1993- Crazy Blues
- Papa De Da Da
- My Man Rocks Me (With One Steady Roll) (feat. The Jazz Masters)
- Railroad Blues
- Yonder Come the Blues
- Countin' the Blues
- Daddy Goodbye Blues
- Baby, I Can't Use You No More
- Bone Orchard Blues
- Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out
- Barrel House Flat Blues
- When a Gator Holler, Folks Say It's a Sign of Rain
- Any-Kind-A-Man
- You Can't Tell the Difference After Dark
- Little Drops of Water
- Married Man Blues
- Careless Love
- Stormy Blues
Blues, Volume 2
Released 1991- Packing Trunk Blues
- Brown Skin Girls
- Travellin' Blues
- You Can't Get That Stuff No More
- Country Jail Blues
- Diggin' My Potatoes
- Preachin' the Blues
- Freight Train Blues
- Black Snakes Blues
- Ups and Downs Blues
- Bow Leg Woman
- Roll 'em Pete
- Crazy With the Blues
- Pigmeat Blues
- Crawlin' King Snake
- Whiskey Headed Woman
Everybody Loves My Baby (But My Baby Don’t Love Nobody But Me) / How Come You Do Me like You Do?
Released 1925Reefer Songs
- Reefer Man
- The Man From Harlem
- Here Comes the Man With the Jive
- If You're a Viper
- Texas Tea Party (feat. Jack Teegarden)
- Light Up
- Jack, I'm Mellow
- Sweet Marijuana Brown
- Viper Mad (feat. Noble Sissle's Swingsters)
- Weed Smoker's Dream
- The 'g' Man Got the 't' Man
- All the Jive Is Gone
- The Stuff Is Here
- Wackey Dust (feat. Chick Webb)
- Who Put the Benzedrine in Mrs. Murphy's Ovaltine?
- Jerry the Junker
- Reefer Song
- Lotus Blossom (Sweet Marijuana)
- Willie the Chimney Sweeper
- Weed
- Save the Roach for Me
- Knockin' Myself Out
- Minnie the Moocher
Died: 1943-09-21
PLAYLIST TIME: