1894-04-15 ( 130 years old ) in Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA
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.
Movies
The Story Of The Blues
2004-06-30
It's Black Entertainment
2002-02-08
A Huey P. Newton Story
2001-06-18
Blues Masters
1999-01-01
Bluesland: A Portrait in American Music
1993-11-02
Wild Women Don't Have the Blues
1989-01-01
St. Louis Blues
1929-09-08
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