Three pioneering women lay claim to Blues royalty. Mamie Smith, Ma Rainey, and Bessie Smith made an impact on American culture that still resonates today. Mamie Smith became in 1920 the first Black musician to make vocal blues recordings. A savvy marketer, she exploited the new medium of radio to reach audiences across the country …
Today, it would be unthinkable to bar a musical artist from their place of performance. Yet seventy years ago it happened regularly. African-American musicians were often required to enter a club by the kitchen or back door, even if they were the headliner. In 1940 a doorman turned away star trumpeter Roy Eldridge at the …
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