Trixie Smith
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Trixie Smith (born 1895, Atlanta, Georgia; died September 21 1943, New York City, New York), was an American blues singer, recording artist, vaudeville entertainer, and actress. She made four dozen recordings.
The phrase "rocking and rolling", as secular black slang for dancing or sex, appeared on record for the first time in 1922 on Trixie Smith's[1] "My Man Rocks Me With One Steady Roll". Even earlier, in 1916, the term "rocking and rolling" was used with a religious connotation, on the phonograph record "The Camp Meeting Jubilee" by an unnamed male "quartette".
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