Bessie Smith
Bessie Smith
Bessie Smithwas an American blues singer. Nicknamed the Empress of the Blues, she was the most popular female blues singer of the 1920s and 1930s. She is often regarded as one of the greatest singers of her era and was a major influence on other jazz singers...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBlues Singer
Date of Birth15 April 1894
CityChattanooga, TN
CountryUnited States of America
beauty children angel
I ain't good-lookin', but I'm somebody's angel child.
tombstone singing world
The Greatest Blues Singer in the World Will Never Stop Singing.
time long ends
It's a long old road, but I know I'm gonna find the end.
want drummer tempo
I don't want no drummer. I set the tempo.
women black-history done
No time to marry, no time to settle down; I'm a young woman, and I ain't done runnin' around.
men fool nineteen
There's nineteen men livin' in my neighborhood, Eighteen of them are fools and the one ain't no doggone good.
truth stories
Listen to my story and everything will come out true
life spring mean
When my bed is empty, Makes me feel awful mean and blue. My springs are getting rusty, Living single like I do.
awful bed living mean single springs
When my bed is empty,/ Makes me feel awful mean and blue./ My springs are getting rusty,/ Living single like I do.