
Person
Bessie Smith
Acting
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Apr 15, 1894
- Died
- Sep 26, 1937
- From
- Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA
Bessie Smith was an American blues singer widely renowned during the Jazz Age. Nicknamed the "Empress of the Blues", she was the most popular female blues singer of the 1920s and 1930s. She is often regarded as one of the greatest singers of her era and was a major influence on fellow blues singers, as well as jazz vocalists.
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St. Louis Blues
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A Huey P. Newton Story
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It's Black Entertainment
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The Story Of The Blues
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Blues Masters
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Bluesland: A Portrait in American Music
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Blues Masters - The Essential History of the Blues
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STAIN
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Memories
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