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8 Bessie Smith Songs Every Modern Music Lover Should Hear: Blues Roots of Today’s Sound.

(ThyBlackMan.com) As the undisputed “Empress of the Blues,” Bessie Smith’s voice is a cornerstone of American music history. Her raw emotion, unwavering strength, and uncompromising style helped shape ...
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Forebears: Bessie Smith, The Empress Of The Blues

The pioneering singer influenced blues, jazz, rock and beyond with her powerful voice and inventive delivery, displaying a greatness rooted in the... This essay is one in a series celebrating women ...
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Backwater Blues; Them "Has Been" Blues

Bessie Smith. side 1: Backwater Blues; side 2: Them "Has Been" Blues (Hot Jazz Club of America HC 105). 78rpm. Side 1 was originally recorded in 1927 and released on Columbia 14195-D. Side 2 was ...
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How Bessie Smith Influenced A Century Of Popular Music

Bessie Smith's songs are tales of liberated women who are not afraid to speak openly about what they want, what they need and what they are tired of. How Bessie Smith Influenced A Century Of Popular ...
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Byron Asher's Skrontch Music turns to blues history and connections on 'Lord, when you send the rain'

Blues singer Bessie Smith’s “Backwater Blues” is often connected to the well-known Great Mississippi Flood of 1927, which devastated predominantly Black communities in Arkansas, Mississippi and ...