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Bessie Smith, Fotografie von Carl van Vechten, 1936. Bessie Smith [ˈbɛsɪ ˈsmɪθ] (* 15. April 1894 Anm.1 in Chattanooga, Tennessee; † 26. September 1937 in Clarksdale, Mississippi) war eine US-amerikanische Bluessängerin, vorwiegend in den 1920er Jahren aktiv, die mehr als 150 Schallplatten einspielte und als „Kaiserin des Blues“ galt.
Okeh. Bessie Smith (April 15, 1894 – September 26, 1937) was an African-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 1930s. Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1989, she is often regarded as one of the greatest singers of her ...
31. Jan. 2020 · Ihre erste Schallplatte nahm Bessie Smith 1923 im Alter von knapp 29 Jahren auf. Ihr einzigartiges Gesamtwerk umfasst 160 Songs zwischen Blues und Jazz - manche davon selbst geschrieben.
10. Apr. 2024 · 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.’
2. Apr. 2014 · Bessie Smith began to sing at a young age and in 1923 signed a contract with Columbia Records. Soon she was among the highest-paid Black performers of her time with hits like "Downhearted Blues ...
April 2021 geht es um den Geburtstag der Blues-Sängerin Bessie Smith. Von dem Glamour, der ihr Leben zeitweilig schmücken wird, ist bei ihrer Geburt noch nichts zu ahnen.
5. Aug. 2019 · With her subsequent recordings, Smith was one of the artists who propelled the fledgling "race records" market of music targeted to black audiences that had launched a few years earlier in 1920 ...
