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Bessie Smith (Chattanooga, Tennessee, 15 de abril de 1894 - Clarksdale, Mississippi, 26 de setembro de 1937) foi uma cantora de blues norte-americana. Às vezes referida como "A Imperatriz do Blues", Smith foi a mais popular cantora de blues das décadas de 1920 e 1930. [1]
Career. Portrait of Smith by Carl Van Vechten. Smith began forming her own act around 1913, at Atlanta's "81" Theater. By 1920, she had established a reputation in the South and along the East Coast.
21 de mai. de 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.’.
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- Bessie Smith was one of the greatest blues vocalists ever. She made 160 recordings in all, in many of which she was accompanied by some of the grea...
- Known in her lifetime as the “Empress of the Blues,” Smith was a bold, supremely confident artist who often disdained the use of a microphone and w...
- About 1913 Smith toured with Ma Rainey, one of the first of the great blues singers, and afterward traveled through the South singing in tent shows...
15 de jun. de 2024 · Bessie Smith’s songs about liberated women, poverty, racism, and everyday struggles won her a legion of fans. Raised on the black Vaudeville circuits of the 1910s, she rose to become a highly successful recording artist in the 1920s.
5 de ago. de 2019 · Singer Bessie Smith's recording career lasted only 10 years, but during that time she created a body of work that helped shape the sound of the 20th century.
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8 de mar. de 2015 · Bessie Smith (April 15, 1894 – September 26, 1937) was an American blues singer. Nicknamed The Empress of the Blues, Smith 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, along with Louis Armstrong, a major …
Descubra as principais músicas e álbuns de Bessie Smith, incluindo Need a Little Sugar in My Bowl, Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out e muito mais. Ouça músicas de Bessie Smith no Apple Music.
