Pinetop Smith
Pinetop Smith was born in Troy, Alabama, United States on June 11th, 1904 and is the Pianist. At the age of 24, Pinetop Smith biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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Clarence Smith (June 11, 1904 – March 15, 1929), also known as Pinetop Smith or Pine Top Smith, was an American boogie-woogie style blues pianist.
Boogie Woogie," his hit song, featured rhythmic "breaks" that were a key component of ragtime music but also a basic precursor to rock & roll.
The song was also the first known use of the word "boogie woogie" on a record, and it cemented the moniker for the genre.
Career
Smith was born in Troy, Alabama, and raised in Birmingham, Alabama, as the son of an African American family. He was given his name as a child because of his penchant for scaling trees. He moved to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where he served as an entertainer before touring with the Theatre Owners Booking Association (T.O.B.A.) The vaudeville circuit includes acts as both a singer and comedian as well as a pianist. He served as an accompanist for Ma Rainey, Butterbeans, and Susie for a brief period of time.
He was introduced by Cow Cow Davenport to J. Mayo Williams at Vocalion Records in the mid-1920s, and in 1928, he and his wife and young son migrated to Chicago, Illinois to record. Albert Ammons and Meade Lux Lewis lived in the same room for a time.
He released his influential "Pine Top's Boogie Woogie," one of the first "boogie woogie" style recordings to become a hit and that gave the style its unique name. It was also the first time a song had the word 'boogie woogie' in its name. Smith addresses the record, as well as teaching how to dance to the number. He rented the number at a house-rent party in St. Louis, Missouri. Smith was the first woman to tell "the girl with the red dress on" to "not move a peg" before being told to "shake it" and "mess around." In several later songs, including "Mess Around" and "What'd I Say" by Ray Charles, similar lyrics are found.
Smith had intended to record another recording session for Vocalion in 1929, but he died from a gunshot wound in a Chicago dance hall brawl the day before the session. According to reports, he was not the intended recipient of the bullet. In 1939, DownBeat magazine had a headline that read, "I saw Pinetop spit blood."
Smith has no photographs.