Bessie Smith

Bessie Smith, 1936
St. Louis Blues, 1929

De Bessie Smith (* 15. Aprui 1894 z Chattanooga, Tennessee; † 26. Septemba 1937 z Clarksdale, Mississippi) wor a amerikanische Bluessengarin.

De Smith wor in de 1920a and 1930a Joar de populeaste Bluessengarin.[1] Ia Spitznama wor Koasarin vom Blues (Empress of the Blues).

Oft wead se ois de gresste Sengarin vo iara Era ogsegn. Und zamma mitm Louis Armstrong hods an Einfluss af olle foigandn Jazz-Senga ghobt.[2]

1980 is se in de Blues Hall of Fame afgnumma worn.

  1. David A. Jasen, Gene Jones: Spreadin' Rhythm Around: Black Popular Songwriters, 1880–1930. Schirmer Books September 1998, ISBN 978-0-02-864742-5
  2. Bessie Smith at sparknotes.com

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