Bessie Smith

Bessie Smith
The first major blues and jazz singer on record and one of the most powerful of all time, Bessie Smith rightly earned the title of "The Empress of the Blues." Even on her first records in 1923, her passionate voice overcame the primitive recording quality of the day and still communicates easily to today's listeners (which is not true of any other singer from that early period). At a time when the blues were in and most vocalists (particularly vaudevillians) were being dubbed "blues singers,"...
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Bessie Smith St Louis Blues
St Louis Blues (2003) - Bessie Smith
By: Bessie Smith
Credited Role:Main Performer
Song List: Haunted House Blues, Eavesdropper's Blues, Frankie Blues
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Bessie Smith Bessie Smith Sings the Jazz
Bessie Smith Sings the Jazz (1996) - Bessie Smith
By: Bessie Smith
Credited Role:Main Performer
Song List: Listen to Songs by Smith, Bessie There'll Be A Hot Time In The Old Town Tonight, I Ain't Got...
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