Ivy Smith

Ivy Smith was a 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 was African American.

She performed as a vaudeville act and recorded 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]