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Bessie Smith was born in Chattanooga, Tennessee in July 1892. Orphaned at eight years old, Smith started singing in the streets to help make money to support herself and four siblings. By her teenage years she was touring around the country.
She recorded her first records when she was 29. She recorded at least 80 records during her lifetime, working with such notable musicians as Louis Armstrong, Joe Smith, Charlie Green.
On September 26, 1937, Smith was severely injured in a car accident while traveling from a concert in Memphis to Clarksdale, Mississippi along U.S. Route 61 with her companion Richard Morgan. She was taken to Clarksdale’s segregated Afro-Hospital and her arm was amputated, but she never regained consciousness and died that morning. Shortly after her death, John Hammond stirred up controversy by suggesting, in a Down Beat article, that Smith was refused admittance to a white hospital and that she died as a consequence thereof. It was an unsubstantiated rumor that lingered for decades.
She recorded her first records when she was 29. She recorded at least 80 records during her lifetime, working with such notable musicians as Louis Armstrong, Joe Smith, Charlie Green.
On September 26, 1937, Smith was severely injured in a car accident while traveling from a concert in Memphis to Clarksdale, Mississippi along U.S. Route 61 with her companion Richard Morgan. She was taken to Clarksdale’s segregated Afro-Hospital and her arm was amputated, but she never regained consciousness and died that morning. Shortly after her death, John Hammond stirred up controversy by suggesting, in a Down Beat article, that Smith was refused admittance to a white hospital and that she died as a consequence thereof. It was an unsubstantiated rumor that lingered for decades.
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Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out
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Me and My Gin
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Do Your Duty
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Alexander's Ragtime Band
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Careless Love
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Gimme a Pigfoot
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Kitchen Man
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Back Water Blues
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A Good Man Is Hard to Find
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Careless Love Blues
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Safety Mama
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Trombone Cholly
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Send Me to the 'Lectric Chair
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'Tain't Nobody's Bizness If I Do
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Batiste369 wrote:
Yippie! I just made the top listeners page :)
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walruzzi89 wrote:
So old, and yet so insanely strong.
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MyLipsEatYou wrote:
о да,великолепно! sex
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CornVideos wrote:
Backwater Blues is amazing
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maryweiss wrote:
whoa bessie
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Fauxfoe wrote:
Bessie rules!
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Batiste369 wrote:
In my library:668 plays (And Counting!)
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Batiste369 wrote:
She's the best Blues singer...Everyone else are just imitators
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bcwilliamson wrote:
great blues. you might want to check out B.C. Williamson, who is a fictional blues artist with an endlessly complicated backstory, spanning over 60 years. and now he has a 22-track compilation album coming out. "The Greatest Blues Singer Who Never Lived."
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solideogloria wrote:
She's the queen.
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MarcelaLSD wrote:
Maravilhosa!
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denizborulcesi wrote:
I love you bessie.
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Pull-Me-Out wrote:
this is great !
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bcwilliamson wrote:
what a voice... such a tragedy she never lived longer. some of you people might like to check out my music of a similar era... http://www.last.fm/music/B.C.+Williamson god bless
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BurningTiger85 wrote:
Regal
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McSplivens wrote:
wij bidden // geef geen tekens mijn / heer maar / hiernamaals en nogmaals / geef ons de volle borst van bessie smith (uit: Lucebert, voor de dichter g.k.)
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zayleena wrote:
superb
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loudyloudy wrote:
I read she was an inspiration to Janis Joplin.
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Theotron wrote:
I'm not usually interested in soul, blues or any old time singing, but this just can't be turned over. It's fatastic.
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LondonLouis wrote:
St Louis Blues: Bessie and Louis Armstrong - listen to how he complements her.
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