Born: Chattanooga, TN, 1895
Years Active: 1929-1937
Influenced by: Ma Rainey, Blind Lemon Jefferson
Genre: R & B
Biography: The first major blues and jazz singer on record and one of the most powerful of all time, Bessie Smith rightly earned the ...
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