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Bessie Smith

Bessie Smith
Photo: Carl Van Vechten · Public domain

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Bessie Smith (1894–1937) was an American blues singer known as the "Empress of the Blues". One of the most popular performers of the 1920s and 1930s, she recorded classics such as "Downhearted Blues" and profoundly shaped the development of blues and jazz vocals.

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