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  1. Featuring Bessie Smith, Fletcher Henderson, and James P. Johnson. Produced at Long Island’s Gramercy Studio in late June of 1929, this all-Black musical short is the story of a no-account husband who cheats on his long-suffering wife, played by Bessie Smith in her only film appearance.

  2. Vor 6 Tagen · Bessie Smith, American singer, one of the greatest blues vocalists. Known as the ‘Empress of the Blues,’ she was a bold, supremely confident artist who sang with breathtaking emotional intensity on such songs as ‘Down Hearted Blues,’ ‘Empty Bed Blues,’ and ‘Nobody Knows You When You’re Down and Out.’

  3. 5. Aug. 2019 · Through the rest of the 1920s, Bessie Smith became one of the earliest stars of recorded music and a leading figure of what came to be called classic blues (a genre dominated by African American ...

  4. Bessie Smith put heart into my words, dared me to toy with her legend. She spoke in dreams twice when my courage failed. That visitation was a warning. Don’t fool with the Empress. She stood for me and all whose lives were considered limited. Black, angry and proud, filled with contradiction and ambition, Bessie Smith lived the life she promised herself to have. This is a story that elevates ...

  5. Smith, Bessie (1894–1937)African-American vocalist and "Empress of the Blues" who was one of America's greatest jazz singers. Born on April 15, 1894 (some sources cite 1895) in Chattanooga, Tennessee; died in Clarksdale, Mississippi, on September 26 (some sources cite the 27th), 1937, from injuries suffered in an automobile accident while touring; one of seven children of William Smith (a ...

  6. www.npr.org › artists › 15404953Bessie Smith : NPR

    21. Aug. 2019 · August 8, 2019 • Clarksdale, Miss. is home to both the crossroads where Robert Johnson allegedly sold his soul and the site of Bessie Smith's death. But in the legend of the genre, not every ...

  7. There is no denying the impact of trailblazers such as Bessie Smith, Billie Holiday, Etta James, Ma Rainey, Memphis Minnie, Sister Rosetta Thorpe, and many more. The mother of all women in Blues music is undoubtedly Bessie Smith. Tennessee born Bessie Smith earned her title as the “Empress of the Blues” after rising to fame in the 1920s for her hit “St. Louis Blues” (1925). Smith ...