Jenny's Ball / Golfing Papa
Mamie Smith
Amoeba Review
01/01/2016
Both songs on this remastered 1931 OKeh record by pioneering blues singer Mamie Smith express some serious dissatisfaction with the opposite sex. On the A-side she summarily dismisses a would-be freeloader, while the B-side is ostensibly addressed to a golfer named Dan and his shortcomings on the links...but let's just say it ain't actually about golf.