Bessie Smith
- Schauspiel
- 15. April 1894 · Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA
- 26. September 1937
Biografie
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.
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Filmografie
- Memorie · Musik
- STAIN · Musik
- The Story Of The Blues · Selbst
- It's Black Entertainment · Selbst
- A Huey P. Newton Story · Selbst
- Blues Masters · Selbst
- Bluesland: A Portrait in American Music · Selbst
- Blues Masters - The Essential History of the Blues · Selbst
- St. Louis Blues · Bessie - Battered Wife