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Trixie Smith (born 1895, Atlanta, Georgia; died September 21 1943, New
York City, New York), was an American blues singer, recording artist,
vaudeville entertainer, and actress. She made four dozen recordings.
Biography Born and raised in Atlanta, Georgia, coming from a middle
class-background,Wintz, Cary D. Encyclopedia Of The Harlem Renaissance,
Taylor & Francis (2004), page 1129 - ISBN 1579584586 attended Selma
University in Alabama before moving to New York around 1915.Santelli,
Robert. The Big Book of Blues: A Biographical Encyclopedia (2001), pp.
430-431 - ISBN 0140159398 She worked in minstrel shows and on the TOBA
vaudeville circuit, before making her first recordings for the Black Swan
label in 1922. Among these were "My Man Rocks Me (With One Steady Roll)"
(1922),[LINK:
http://www.indiana.edu/~jah/teaching/2004_03/sources/ex2_myman.shtml]
Song: "My Man Rocks Me
