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Bessie Smith
Bessie Smith
Born: Apr 15, 1894 in Chattanooga, TN
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Died: Sep 26, 1937 in Clarksdale, MS
Genre: Blues
Styles: Classic Jazz, Classic Female Blues, Vaudeville Blues
Biography: 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 ...Read full biography
Greatest Hits
Greatest Hits
Released: 2005
Label: Fabulous
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The Complete Recordings, Vol. 5: The Final Chapter
The Complete Recordings, Vol. 5: The Final Chapter
Released: 1996
Label: Columbia/Legacy
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The fifth and final of the two-CD Bessie Smith sets wraps up the complete reissuance of the Empress of the Blues' recordings. Music from her final two sessions (including the well-known "Gimme a Pigfoot") ...Read full review
More Bessie Smith albums: Compilations (98), DVD/Video (3)
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