Pine Top Smith

Pine Top Smith

Pine Top Smith

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Top Songs

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I'm Sober Now
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Pinetop's Boogie Woogie [Remaster]
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Jump Steady Blues [Remaster]
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Pinetop's Blues [Remaster]
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Nobody Knows You When You're Down & Out

Albums

  • Jump Steady Blues

    Dec 2019 • 1 song

  • Pinetop's Blues

    Dec 2019 • 1 song

  • Pinetop's Boogie Woogie

    Dec 2019 • 1 song

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Pine Top Smith

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One of the driving forces behind the advent of boogie-woogie piano, Clarence "Pine Top" Smith ranks among the most influential blues figures of the 1920s. Born January 11, 1904, in Troy, AL, he was raised in nearby Birmingham; a self-taught player, he began performing at area house parties while in his mid-teens, and after relocating to Pittsburgh accompanied Ma Rainey and Butterbeans & Susie. On the advice of fellow pianist Cow Cow Davenport -- himself a seminal figure in boogie-woogie's development -- Smith relocated to Chicago in 1928, where he lived in the same apartment h...
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