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  "slug": "mamie-smith",
  "name": "Mamie Smith",
  "description": "Mamie Smith appears once in our Blues list, placing as high as No. 4. Hand-curated, with a reason for every pick.",
  "updated": "2026-08-30",
  "url": "https://waxonia.com/artist/mamie-smith/",
  "appearanceCount": 1,
  "distinctRecordings": 1,
  "years": {
    "first": 1920,
    "last": 1920
  },
  "highestPlacing": {
    "rank": 4,
    "list": "Blues"
  },
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    {
      "kind": "genre",
      "slug": "blues",
      "name": "Blues",
      "url": "https://waxonia.com/genre/blues/",
      "entries": 1
    }
  ],
  "tracks": [
    {
      "trackKey": "mamie-smith--crazy-blues",
      "trackUrl": "https://waxonia.com/track/mamie-smith--crazy-blues/",
      "title": "Crazy Blues",
      "year": 1920,
      "label": "OKeh",
      "isrc": null,
      "whyItMatters": "The first blues record ever released, and it sold in numbers nobody in the industry had predicted. An entire market for Black music was discovered by accident, in one afternoon.",
      "alsoOn": [],
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          "url": "https://open.spotify.com/search/Mamie%20Smith%20Crazy%20Blues",
          "exact": false
        },
        "youtubeMusic": {
          "url": "https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=LQ88uyWYOPk",
          "exact": true
        }
      },
      "rank": 4,
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        "slug": "blues",
        "name": "Blues",
        "url": "https://waxonia.com/genre/blues/"
      },
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    }
  ],
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}