Bessie Smith
A hugely popular blues singer of the 1920s and 1930s, Bessie Smith is one of the
genre's most iconic names, influencing many generations of blues singers
following her premature death in 1937. Her father, a labourer and part-time
Baptist preacher, died before she could walk and by the time she was nine she'd
also lost her mother and a brother and was effectively raised in near-poverty by
her elder sister. To try and raise some money she and brother Andrew busked on
the streets of Chattanooga - Bessie sang and danced while Andrew played guitar.
She later joined her eldest brother ...
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