Clarence "Pinetop" Smith, age 24
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Lost to gun violence on March 15, 1929 in Chicago, Illinois.
better known as Pinetop Smith or Pine Top Smith, was an American boogie-woogie style blues pianist. His hit tune "Pine Top's Boogie Woogie" featured rhythmic "breaks" that were an essential ingredient of ragtime music, but also a fundamental foreshadowing of rock & roll. The song was also the first known use of the term "boogie woogie" on a record, and cemented that term as the moniker for the genre.
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- Encyclopedia of Alabama: Smith, Clarence "Pine Top" - Encyclopedia of Alabama
- YouTube: 1929 HITS ARCHIVE: Pine Top’s Boogie Woogie - Pine Top Smith
- Celebrities who died young Photo: Clarence Smith-Pinetop Smith (June 11, 1904 – March 15, 1929)
- Pinetop Smith - Wikipedia
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