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Bessie Smith | Biography, Songs, Music, Death, & Facts

Bessie Smith, American singer, one of the greatest blues vocalists. Known as the ‘Empress of the Blues,’ she was a bold, supremely confident artist who sang with breathtaking emotional intensity on such songs as ‘Down Hearted Blues,’ ‘Empty Bed Blues,’ and ‘Nobody Knows You When You’re Down and Out.’
United States Edward Albee Bessie Smith Fletcher Henderson Carl Van Vechten Ma Rainey

Public Domain Day 2024 | Duke University School of Law

Tweet January 1, 2024 is Public Domain Day: Works from 1928 are open to all, as are sound recordings from 1923! By Jennifer Jenkins Director, Duke Center for the Study of the Public Domain CC BY 4.0 Please note that this site is only about US law; the copyright terms in other countries may be different.[1] On January 1, 2024, thousands of copyrighted works from 1928 will enter
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Bessie Smith | Biography, Songs, Music, Death, & Facts

Bessie Smith, in full Elizabeth Smith, (born April 15, 1894?, Chattanooga, Tennessee, U.S.—died September 26, 1937, Clarksdale, Mississippi), American singer, one of the greatest blues vocalists. Smith grew up in poverty and obscurity. She may have made a first public appearance at the age of eight or nine at the Ivory Theatre in her hometown. About 1913 she toured in a show with Ma Rainey, one of the first of the great blues singers, from whom she received some training. For several years Sm...
United States Bessie Smith Fletcher Henderson Clarence Williams Elizabeth Smith Edward Albee

Critic's Pick: Buy a ticket and do some 'Trav'lin' | Review

Onstage at Winter Park Playhouse, “Trav’lin” is a sure cure for the doldrums of these cloudy and Florida-chilly days and nights. George, a retired porter for the Pullman train line and self-proclaimed mayor of his neighborhood, “cleans up messes” that other people create — with plenty of humor, heart and a wonderful catalog of bluesy and toe-tapping songs.
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