Deceased
from Harrisburg, PA
Nashville Women's Blues (1925) Bessie Smith (Vocal) Louis Armstrong (C...
Film released in 1929; based around her 1925 recording of the song wit...
Louis Armstrong And His Orchestra Bass - Pops Foster; Clarinet - Willi...
Bessie Smith (April 15, 1894 -- September 26, 1937) was an American bl...
In The House Blues (1931) Bessie Smith (Vocal) Louis Metcafle (Cornet)...
Clarence Williams Jerry The Junker Born in the Mississippi Delta in th...
Bessie Smith is the best-known of the female "classic blues" (or "city...
I wanted to start with some clips that until now hasn't been put on Yo...