[78-L] Ethel Waters (was Louis Armstrong

[David Lennick]

fnarf at comcast.net wrote:
> Oh, that's true.
> 
> Here's a question: Wikipedia says Waters was the fifth black female singer to make a record (for Cardinal, in 1921). Who were the first four?
> 
> Mamie Smith, 1920
> Lucille Hegamin, 1920
> Ma Rainey?
> Alberta Hunter?
> 
> Bessie Smith, Ida Cox, and Viola McCoy (Clara White) started a bit later.
> 
Not Ma Rainey, she didn't record till 1923. Alberta Hunter started in May 1921 
and Ethel had already been in the studios in March and April. Mary Stafford was 
on Columbia in January 1921..we need one more.

dl