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DescriptionMamie Smith, Crazy Blues.ogg
English: This 1920 record is the first commercial recording of blues music by an African-American singer: "Crazy Blues" was composed by Perry Bradford for Mamie Smith in 1920, and sold a million copies in its first year. This is Okeh-4169 (7529 take C)
Эрзянь: This 1920 record is the first commercial recording of blues music by an African-American singer: "Crazy Blues" was composed by Perry Bradford for Mamie Smith, and sold a million copies in its first year.
Polski: Crazy Blues – blues w wykonaniu Mamie Smith z 1920 roku.
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English: This 1920 record is the first commercial recording of blues music by an African-American singer: "Crazy Blues" was composed by Perry Bradford for Mamie Smith, and sold a million copies in its first year.
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English: This 1920 record is the first commercial recording of blues music by an African-American singer: "Crazy Blues" was composed by Perry Bradford for Mamie Smith, and sold a million copies in its first year.
Эрзянь: Те сёрмадовксось ульнесь теезь 1920 иестэ, ды кармась васеньце блюзонь коммерциянь сёрмадовксокс афро-американь морыцянь: "Crazy Blues" ульнесь сёрмадозь Перри БрадфордМамие Смитнэ. Ульнесь миезь вейке миллион копият васенце иенть перть.
Polski: Crazy Blues – blues w wykonaniu Mamie Smith z 1920 roku.
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