# Mamie Smith — Every Record We Rank

Mamie Smith appears once in our Blues list, placing as high as No. 4. Hand-curated, with a reason for every pick.

- **Ranked entries:** 1
- **Appears on:** Blues
- **Year:** 1920
- **Highest placing:** No. 4 in Blues
- **Updated:** 2026-08-30
- **Canonical page:** https://waxonia.com/artist/mamie-smith/

## Appears on

### [Crazy Blues](https://waxonia.com/track/mamie-smith--crazy-blues/)

*1920 · OKeh · No. 4 in [Blues](https://waxonia.com/genre/blues/)*

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.

[Search Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/search/Mamie%20Smith%20Crazy%20Blues) · [YouTube Music](https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=LQ88uyWYOPk)

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