Bessie Smith
Born April 15, 1894
Chattanooga, Tennessee
Died September 26, 1937
Clarksdale, Mississippi
American blues singer and songwriter
Bessie Smith. (The Bettmann Archive. Reproduced by per...
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Smith, Bessie (1894-1937)
Elizabeth "Bessie" Smith was born in Chattanooga, Tennessee, and became known as the "empress of the blues." She began her career with Chappelle&#...
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Bessie Smith (1894-1937) was called "The Empress of the Blues." Her magnificent voice, sense of the dramatic, clarity of diction (you never missed a word of what she sang) and incomparable time and ph...
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Smith, Bessie
Smith, Bessie (1894-1937)
Bessie Smith