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Date of Birth
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11-June-1904
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Place of Birth
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Troy
(Pike County, Alabama, United States of America)
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Nationality
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United States of America
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Also know as
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Pine Top Smith, Clarence Smith, Smith, Pinetop, Clarence 'Pine Top' Smith, Smith, Clarence
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Profession
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Comedian, Singer, Pianist
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Clarence Smith, 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.
He was a posthumous 1991 inductee of the Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame.
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