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  • Bessie Smith
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  • Bessie Smith
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  • Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees
  • LGBT singers
  • Bisexual musicians
  • Bisexual women
  • 1937 deaths
  • 20th-century American singers
  • Blues Hall of Fame inductees
  • American blues singers
  • Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award winners
  • 1894 births
  • African-American female singers
  • American buskers
  • Classic female blues singers
  • LGBT African Americans
  • LGBT musicians from the United States
  • People from Chattanooga, Tennessee
  • Vaudeville performers
  • Road accident deaths in Mississippi
abstract
  • Bessie Smith (born April 15, 1894, Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA – died September 26, 1937, Clarksdale, Mississippi, USA) was an American blues singer. Nicknamed the %22Empress of the Blues%22, she was considered by many to be the greatest blues singer of all time. She was also a successful vaudeville entertainer who became the highest paid African-American performer of the roaring twenties. Bessie died from injuries sustained in a car crash. Her arm which was probably hanging out the car window was almost severed at the elbow. Her grave was unmarked for 33 years until [a120232] paid for her headstone in 1970. Half-sister of [a4940962].Inducted into Rock And Roll Hall of Fame in 1989 (Early Influence).
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  • 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.
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  • 1894-04-15
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  • 1937-09-26
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  • Bessie Smith
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  • Blues
  • Jazz
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