Ivy Smith was an African American 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 performed as a vaudeville act and records 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.


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