Clara Smith (?1894 - Feb.2,1935) was a popular blues singer. She was billed as the "Queen of the Moaners", although Smith actually had a lighter and sweeter voice than her contemporaries and main competitors. Smith was born in Spartanburg County, South Carolina. In her youth she worked on African American theater circuits and tent shows. By the late 1910s she was appearing as a headliner at the Lyric Theater in New Orleans, Louisiana and on the TOBA circuit. In 1923 she settled in New York, appearing at cabarets and speakeasies there; that same year she made the first of her commercially successful series of gramophone recordings for Columbia Records, for whom she would continue recording through to 1932. She cut 122 songs often with the backing of top musicians (especially after 1925) including Louis Armstrong, Charlie Green, Joe Smith, Freddy Jenkins and James P. Johnson (in 1929). Plus she recorded two vocal duets with Bessie Smith, and four with Lonnie Johnson. The comparisons with near namesake Bessie Smith were inevitable. Clara Smith was on the whole less fortunate than Bessie in her accompanists, and her voice was less imposing but, to some tastes, prettier, and many of her songs were interesting. In 1933 she moved to Detroit, Michigan and worked at theaters there until her hospitalization in early 1935 for heart disease, of which she died. Clara Smith - Don't Advertise Your Man (1924). + Informações

Released in 1928 on Columbia 1436D. + Informações

Recorded September 12, 1929 in New York City for the Columbian Label # 14536-D. + Informações

Clara Smith (c. 1894 -- 2 February 1935) was an American blues singer. She was billed as the "Queen of the Moaners", although Smith actually had a lighter and sweeter voice than her contemporaries and main competitors.. + Informações

Bessie Smith feat. Clara Smith - My man blues (1925) Bessie Smith (voice) Clara Smith (voice) Fletcher Henderson (piano). + Informações

Here is the Lady who was billed as the "Queen of the Moaners", Miss Clara Smith singing "Uncle Sam Blues" (Composed by Clarence Williams), with Piano Accompaniment by Jazz Great Fletcher Henderson, and featured on an original Columbia 78rpm record from October of 1923. The Talking Machine is an original Victor Type II with a black and brass horn.. + Informações

Clara smith and her jazz Trio during the 1920,s. + Informações

Clara Smith (c. 1894 -- 2 February 1935) was an American blues singer. She was billed as the "Queen of the Moaners", although Smith actually had a lighter and sweeter voice than her contemporaries and main competitors.. + Informações

Clara Smith (?1894 - Feb.2,1935) was a popular blues singer. She was billed as the "Queen of the Moaners", although Smith actually had a lighter and sweeter voice than her contemporaries and main competitors. Smith was born in Spartanburg County, South Carolina. In her youth she worked on African American theater circuits and tent shows. By the late 1910s she was appearing as a headliner at the Lyric Theater in New Orleans, Louisiana and on the TOBA circuit. In 1923 she settled in New York, appearing at cabarets and speakeasies there; that same year she made the first of her commercially successful series of gramophone recordings for Columbia Records, for whom she would continue recording through to 1932. She cut 122 songs often with the backing of top musicians (especially after 1925) including Louis Armstrong, Charlie Green, Joe Smith, Freddy Jenkins and James P. Johnson (in 1929). Plus she recorded two vocal duets with Bessie Smith, and four with Lonnie Johnson. The comparisons with near namesake Bessie Smith were inevitable. Clara Smith was on the whole less fortunate than Bessie in her accompanists, and her voice was less imposing but, to some tastes, prettier, and many of her songs were interesting. In 1933 she moved to Detroit, Michigan and worked at theaters there until her hospitalization in early 1935 for heart disease, of which she died. Clara Smith and her Novelty Band - Look Where The Sun Done Gone (1926). + Informações

Great blues lady, with 3 giants of jazz. Broken busted blues.. + Informações

Digital archive of Columbia 78 RPM single 14398-D; It's Tight Like That by Clara Smith, acc. Trombone and Piano (c) 1929 Columbia Phonograph Company Style: Classic Blues Composer: Dorsey and Whitaker Label: Columbia Matrix No.: 147800. + Informações

Clara Smith (c. 1894 -- 2 February 1935) was an American blues singer. She was billed as the "Queen of the Moaners", although Smith actually had a lighter and sweeter voice than her contemporaries and main competitors. Smith was born in Spartanburg County, South Carolina. In her youth she worked on African American theater circuits and tent shows. By the late 1910s she was appearing as a headliner at the Lyric Theater in New Orleans, Louisiana and on the TOBA circuit. In 1923 she settled in New York, appearing at cabarets and speakeasies there; that same year she made the first of her commercially successful series of gramophone recordings for Columbia Records, for whom she would continue recording through to 1932. She cut 122 songs often with the backing of top musicians (especially after 1925) including Louis Armstrong, Charlie Green, Joe Smith, Freddy Jenkins, Fletcher Henderson and James P. Johnson (in 1929). Plus she recorded two vocal duets with Bessie Smith, and four with Lonnie Johnson. The comparisons with near namesake Bessie Smith were inevitable. Clara Smith was on the whole less fortunate than Bessie in her accompanists, and her voice was less imposing but, to some tastes, prettier, and many of her songs were interesting. In 1933 she moved to Detroit, Michigan and worked at theaters there until her hospitalization in early 1935 for heart disease, of which she died.. + Informações

These 2 greats from 1923. I"m going back to my used to be.. + Informações

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Digital archive of Columbia 78 RPM single 14019-D; West Indies Blues by Clara Smith acc. with Guitar and Ukelele (c) 1924 Columbia Phonograph Company Style: American Folk Blues Composer: Clarence Williams, Spencer Williams & S. Dowell Label: Columbia Matrix No.:81695. + Informações

Family Reunion. + Informações

Columbia 14098-D - 9-1-1925 - My Man Blues (Duet with Clara Smith) Song Written By (Bessie Smith) Bessie Smith (April 15, 1894 -- September 26, 1937) was an American blues singer. Sometimes referred to as The Empress of the Blues, Smith was the most popular female blues singer of the 1920s and 1930s. She is often regarded as one of the greatest singers of her era and, along with Louis Armstrong, a major influence on subsequent jazz vocalists.. + Informações

Digital archive of Columbia 78RPM single 14160-D; Separation Blues by Clara Smith with piano acc. (c)1926 Columbia Phonograph Company Style: Classic Blues Composer: Roth and Roth Label: Columbia (Viva-tonal Recording) Matrix No.: 142301. + Informações

Digital archive of Columbia 78RPM single 14053-D; Steel Drivin' Sam by Clara Smith with piano and saxophone acc. (c)1924 Columbia Phonograph Company Style: Classic Blues Composer: Billy Gray Label: Columbia Matrix No.: 140181. + Informações

Clara Smith - Percolatin' Blues. + Informações

Clara Smith - My Doggone Lazy Man (1924) Herbert Leonard holds the distinction of being the first blues harp player to have been recorded, appearing on Clara Smith's "My Doggone Lazy Man"4 made on January 31st 1924, a couple of months before the harp and guitar-playing songsters Daddy Stovepipe and Stovepipe No.1 made their first recordings. (www.patmissin.com. + Informações

I didn't exactly follow the rules, but this is my straycinema.com interpretation. Girl = Syrie Payne Guy = James Nation-Ingle Song = "For Sale (Hanna Johnson's Big Jack Ass)" by Clara Smith. + Informações

Digital archive of Columbia 78 RPM single 14398-D; Daddy Don't Put That Thing On Me Blues by Clara Smith, acc. Trombone and Piano (c) 1929 Columbia Phonograph Company Style: Classic Blues Composer: Clement Label: Columbia (Viva-tonal Recording) Matrix No.: 147899. + Informações

Clara Smith (c. 1894 -- 2 February 1935)... the "Queen of the Moaners". + Informações

Digital archive of Columbia 78RPM single 13007-D; Far Away Blues by Bessie Smith & Clara Smith with Fletcher Henderson at the piano (c)1923 Columbia Phonograph Company Style: Classic Blues Composer: Brooks Label: Columbia Matrix No.: 81261. + Informações