Bessie Smith
- Professione
- Recitazione
- Nascita
- 15 aprile 1894
- Luogo di nascita
- Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA
- Morte
- 26 settembre 1937
Biografia
Bessie Smith was an American blues singer widely renowned during the Jazz Age. 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 fellow blues singers, as well as jazz vocalists.
Film con Bessie Smith
- St. Louis Blues 1929 · ★ 5.4
- A Huey P. Newton Story 2001 · ★ 5.4
- It's Black Entertainment 2002 · ★ 8.7
- The Story Of The Blues 2004 · ★ 4.2
- Blues Masters 1999 · ★ 6.5
- Bluesland: A Portrait in American Music 1993 · ★ 7.5
- Blues Masters - The Essential History of the Blues 1993