Bessie Smith

About

Bessie Smith 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. Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1989, 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.

Albums/Songs:

• 1923-1933 Empress of the Blues
• Empress Of The Blues
• The World’s Greatest Blues Singer
• Blue Spirit Blues
• The Legendary King Oliver, Bessie Smith, Louis Armstrong
• The Complete Recordings, Volume 4
• Empty Bed Blues
• The Collection
• Nobody’s Blues But Mine
• The Complete Recordings, Volume 1
• 19 Reflective Recordings
• Bessie Smith Sings the Jazz
• The Complete Recordings, Volume 3
• Mother of the Blues
• Dixie Flyer Blues
• St Louis Blues
• Great Original Performances: 1925-1933
• Blue Spirit Blues
• Charly Blues Masterworks, Volume 31: Empress of the Blues
• I’m Wild About That Thing
• The Complete Recordings, Volume 2
• The Bessie Smith Story, Volume 1
• Original Jazz Recordings 1925-1933
• Empress of the Blues
• Bessie Smith: The Greatest Blues Singer in the World

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