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Mabel Louise Smith (May 1, 1924 – January 23, 1972), known professionally as Big Maybelle, was an American R&B singer. Her 1956 hit single " Candy " received the Grammy Hall of Fame Award in 1999.
Mabel Louise Smith, better known by her stage name Big Maybelle, was an R&B singer from the United States. In 1999, her smash track “Candy” from 1956 was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame.
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A premier R&B singer of the 1950s, whose powerful, swaggering sound influenced both rock and soul artists for years to come. Read Full Biography. STREAM OR BUY: Active. 1930s - 1970s. Born. May 1, 1924 in Jackson, TN. Died. January 23, 1972 in Cleveland, OH. Genre. Blues, R&B. Styles.
Big Maybelle, one of the most powerful and expressive blues vocalists of the 1950s, led a life that was, as a sticker on one of her albums advertised, “One part triumph, two parts tragedy.”
Big Maybelle was a top selling performer from the Golden Age of R&B, who could interpret rousing carousing dance music, and bring it all back down with a tender haunting ballad. Born Maybelle Louis Smith in Jackson, Tennessee, she grew up singing in the local Sanctified Church choir in Jackson.
A big voice, with a big personality and a big woman all round, Maybelle had dozens of R&B chart hits and some successful crossover singles in the 50s, and made the charts as late as 1967, but heroin and health problems took her life while she was still in her mid-40s.
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