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| - 20th-century American singers
- American gospel singers
- 1902 births
- 1984 deaths
- Musicians from Georgia (U.S. state)
- People from St. Simons, Georgia
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abstract
| - Gospel singer.Born on February 8, 1902 in Smithville, GA, died on July 17, 1984.She learned her songs from her grandfather, a former slave born in Africa. She was a founding member of the Georgia Sea Island Singers. Alan Lomax first encountered Bessie Jones on a southern trip in 1959. Jones made her way up to New York City two years later and asked Lomax to record both her music and biography.
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| - Bessie Smith Jones (February 8, 1902 - July 17, 1984) was an African American gospel and folk singer credited with helping to bring folk songs, games and stories to wider audiences in the 20th Century. Alan Lomax, who first encountered Jones on a field recording trip in 1959, said, %22She was on fire to teach America. In my heart, I call her the Mother Courage of American Black traditions.%22
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- Bessie Jones & Group
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