Blues
United States
Bessie Smith
About Bessie Smith
Hometown
Chattanooga, TN, United States
Born
April 15, 1894
Genre
Blues
The original tough-mama prototype for nearly every female blues singer to come, hard-living, big-voiced Bessie Smith was also the first blues singer with a mega-hit recording career, achieved in part via collaborations with some of the most notable musicians of her era. In her prime in the 1920s and 1930s, she was the highest-paid black entertainer in the U.S., and her influence persists to this day.
Bessie Smith has also released music as a member of Bessie Smith and Her Band and Bessie Smith and Her Blue Boys.
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