Ivy Smith

Ivy Smith was a vaudeville performer and recording artist in the United States. She used the pseudonyms Ruby Rankin and Sally Sad.[1] She recorded "Sad and Blue" / "Third Alley Blues", "Cincinnati Southern Blues" / "Barrel House Mojo", and "Ninety Nine Years Blues / Too Mean to Cry Blues (1927) (Iva Smith) at Paramount Records in 1927. She was African American.

She performed as a vaudeville act and recorded with Cow Cow Davenport.[2] They recorded on Vocalion Records.[3]

Smith performed with Cow Cow Davenport as the Chicago Steppers and they recorded together.[4] Their recordings include "Sad and Blue" and "My Own Man Blues". A compilation of their works was released in 1993 and reissued in 2002.

Leroy Pickett also accompanied her.[5]

Discography

• "Got Jelly on My Mind" / "Wringing and Twisting Papa" on Supertone Records/Varsity Records[6]
• "Rising Sun Blues"
• "Sad and Blue"
• "My Own Man Blues"
• "Third Alley Blues"
• "Ninety Nine Years blues"
• "Cincinnati Southern blues"
• "Too Mean to Cry Blues"
• "Barrel House Mojo"
• "Shadow Blues"
• "No Good Man blues"
• "Gin House blues"
• "Mistreated Mamma Blues"
• "Doin' That Thing"
• "Somebody's Got to Knock a Jug"
• "Southern High Waters Blues"
• "Gypsy Woman Blues"
• "Milkman Blues"
• "Alabammy Mistreated"[7]

References

1. Taft, Michael (October 8, 2013). Talkin' to Myself: Blues Lyrics, 1921-1942. Routledge. ISBN 9781136734014 – via Google Books.
2. "Ivy Smith | Biography & History". AllMusic.
3. D'Souza, Ajay. "Ivy Smith". Big Road Blues.
4. Moanin' Low: A Discography of Female Popular Vocal Recordings, 1920-1933. Greenwood Publishing Group. November 3, 1996. ISBN 9780313292415 – via Google Books.
5. Komara, Edward M. (November 3, 2006). Encyclopedia of the Blues. Psychology Press. ISBN 9780415926997 – via Google Books.
6. "78 Record: Ivy Smith - Wringing And Twisting Papa (1939)". 45worlds.com. Retrieved 9 May 2021.
7. Smith, Ivy; Davenport, Cow Cow (November 3, 1993). "Ivy Smith & Cow Cow Davenport: complete recorded works in chronological order, 1927-1930". Document Records – via Open WorldCat.

External links

• Ivy Smith discography at Discogs