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Bookmark or Share- Bessie Smith - WikipediaBessie Smith (April 15, 1894 – September 26, 1937) was an African-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 1930s.
- Bessie Smith | Biography, Songs, Music, Death, & Facts | BritannicaBessie 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.’
- Life Story: Bessie Smith (1894 or 1895–1937)Bessie Smith was a blues singer who was born into poverty and became one of the highest paid Black performers in America.
- Bessie Smith - Songs, Death & Facts - BiographyJazz and blues vocalist Bessie Smith's powerful, soulful voice won her countless fans and earned her the title "Empress of the Blues."
- Bessie Smith - National Museum of African American History and CultureBessie Smith (ca. 1895–1937) was a blues and jazz singer from the Harlem Renaissance who is remembered at as the Empress of the Blues. Elizabeth “Bessie” Smith was the youngest child of seven, born to Laura and William Smith in Chattanooga, Tennessee.
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