Streamline Mae

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1927 - 1941

Roles Represented in DAHR: composer, lyricist, contralto, vocalist

Notes: Listing for Streamline Mae (Bessie Mae Smith).

= Recordings are available for online listening.
= Recordings were issued from this master. No recordings issued from other masters.

Recordings

Company Matrix No. Size First Recording Date Title Primary Performer Description Role Audio
Columbia C3539 10-in. 1/21/1941 Streamline blues Streamline Mae Female vocal solo, with piano, guitar, and string bass vocalist, contralto  
Columbia C3540 10-in. 1/21/1941 School boy blues Streamline Mae Female vocal solo, with piano, guitar, and string bass vocalist, contralto  
Columbia C3541 10-in. 1/21/1941 Romance in the dark Streamline Mae Female vocal solo, with piano, guitar, and string bass vocalist, contralto  
Columbia C3542 10-in. 1/21/1941 Blues blues Streamline Mae Female vocal solo, with piano, guitar, and string bass vocalist, contralto  
OKeh W80821 10-in. 5/2/1927 Cryin' for daddy blues Blue Belle Female vocal solo, with guitar and piano vocalist, contralto  
OKeh W80822 10-in. 5/2/1927 High water blues Blue Belle Female vocal solo, with guitar and piano vocalist, contralto, composer, lyricist  
OKeh W82044 10-in. 12/12/1927 Creepin' eel blues Blue Belle Female vocal solo, with guitar and piano vocalist, contralto  
OKeh W82045 10-in. 12/12/1927 Ghost creeping blues Blue Belle Female vocal solo, with guitar and piano vocalist, contralto, composer, lyricist  
OKeh W82048 10-in. 12/12/1927 Boa constrictor blues Blue Belle Female vocal solo, with violin and piano vocalist, contralto, composer, lyricist  
OKeh W82049 10-in. 12/12/1927 Dead Sea blues Blue Belle Female vocal solo, with violin and piano vocalist, contralto, lyricist, composer  
OKeh W82050 10-in. 12/12/1927 Sneakin' lizard blues Blue Belle Female vocal solo, with guitar and piano vocalist, contralto, composer, lyricist  
OKeh W82051 10-in. 12/12/1927 My daddy's coffin blues Blue Belle Female vocal solo, with guitar and piano vocalist, contralto, composer, lyricist  
OKeh W82052 10-in. 12/12/1927 Mean bloodhound blues Blue Belle Female vocal solo, with guitar and piano vocalist, contralto, composer, lyricist  
OKeh W402164 10-in. 12/5/1928 It's heated red hot Blue Belle Female vocal solo, with piano vocalist, contralto  
OKeh W402165 10-in. 12/5/1928 Death Valley moan Blue Belle Female vocal solo, with piano vocalist, contralto, lyricist, composer  
OKeh W402166 10-in. 12/5/1928 Sweet black woman Blue Belle Female vocal solo, with piano vocalist, contralto, composer, lyricist  
OKeh W402167 10-in. 12/5/1928 Good feelin' blues Blue Belle Female vocal solo, with piano vocalist, contralto, composer, lyricist  
Brunswick C6167 10-in. Sept. 1930 Sugar man blues St. Louis Bessie Female vocal solo, with guitar and piano vocalist, composer, lyricist  
Brunswick C6168 10-in. Sept. 1930 Sugar man blues St. Louis Bessie Female vocal solo, with guitar and piano vocalist, composer, lyricist  
Brunswick C6490 10-in. Nov. 1930 He treats me like a dog St. Louis Bessie Female vocal solo, with piano vocalist, composer, lyricist  
Brunswick C6491 10-in. Nov. 1930 Meat cutter blues St. Louis Bessie Female vocal solo, with piano vocalist, composer, lyricist  

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Streamline Mae," accessed December 12, 2025, http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/352461.

Streamline Mae. (2025). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved December 12, 2025, from http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/352461.

"Streamline Mae." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2025. Web. 12 December 2025.

DAHR Persistent Identifier

URI: http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/352461

Linked Open Data Sources

LCNAR: Streamline Mae - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n96026491

VIAF: http://viaf.org/viaf/11568672

Fast: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1526594 - http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1526594

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