# Mamie Smith — Crazy Blues

Mamie Smith’s Crazy Blues (1920) is No. 4 in our Blues ranking. The full verdict, and where to hear it.

- **Released:** 1920
- **Label:** OKeh
- **On one list:** Blues
- **Updated:** 2026-08-30
- **Artist:** [Mamie Smith](https://waxonia.com/artist/mamie-smith/)
- **Canonical page:** https://waxonia.com/track/mamie-smith--crazy-blues/

## What we say

### 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.

## Listen

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

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