Bessie Smith
Birthday: 1894-04-15
Place of Birth: Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA
Biography: 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.
Movies
Blues Masters - The Essential History of the Blues
Rhine Record's 2-DVD documentary accompaniment to their Blues Masters CD series. Includes the only k...
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St. Louis Blues
In this all-black cast short, legendary blues singer Bessie Smith finds her gambler lover Jimmy mess...
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The Story Of The Blues
The story of The Blues traces the four main traditions of blues music: Form Blues, Blues, Urban Blue...
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Blues Masters
In 1966, CBC Television invited some of North America's greatest blues performers to gather in a stu...
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Bluesland: A Portrait in American Music
Blues as a genre shaped the sound of jazz in the early 20th century and directly led to the creation...
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A Huey P. Newton Story
The story of how the radical Huey P. Newton developed the Black Panther Party based on his 10-point ...
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It's Black Entertainment
A star-studded tribute (from the creators of That's Entertainment) to the contributions of Afro-Amer...
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