Bessie Smith
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About Bessie Smith
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 influence on other jazz vocalists. The 1900 census indicates that Bessie Smith was born in Chattanooga, Tennessee, in July 1892. However, the 1910 census recorded her birthday as April 15
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Top Tracks
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Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out
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St. Louis Blues
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Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out - 78rpm Version
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Me and My Gin
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'Tain't Nobody's Bizness If I Do
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Do Your Duty
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Alexander's Ragtime Band
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A Good Man Is Hard to Find
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Need a Little Sugar in My Bowl
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Baby Won't You Please Come Home
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Careless Love
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Careless Love Blues
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Send Me to the 'Lectric Chair
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Back Water Blues
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Gimme a Pigfoot
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Down Hearted Blues
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Kitchen Man
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Trombone Cholly
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After You've Gone
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Black Mountain Blues
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Downhearted Blues
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Devil's Gonna Git You
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Take Me for a Buggy Ride
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Aggravatin' Papa
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Backwater Blues
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Empty Bed Blues
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Cake Walkin' Babies from Home
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Weeping Willow Blues
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Safety Mama
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You've Been a Good Ole Wagon
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Jail-House Blues
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Young Woman's Blues
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Reckless Blues
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At the Christmas Ball
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Muddy Water (A Mississippi Moan)
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Empty Bed Blues, Pt. 1
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In the House Blues
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Graveyard Dream Blues
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Muddy Water
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Gimme a Pigfoot and a Bottle of Beer
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I Ain't Got Nobody
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Haunted House Blues
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The Yellow Dog Blues
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On Revival Day (A Rhythmic Spiritual)
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Boweavil Blues
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Baby Doll
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Ticket Agent, Ease Your Window Down
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Gulf Coast Blues
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My Sweetie Went Away
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I'm Down in the Dumps
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