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Bessie Smith

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Bessie Smith (April 15, 1894 – September 26, 1937) was an American blues singer. Nicknamed The Empress of the Blues, Smith 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, along with Louis Armstrong, a major influence on other jazz vocalists. The 1900 census indicates that Bessie Smith was born in Chattanooga, Tennessee, in July 1892. However, the 1910 census recorded her birthday as April 15

Top songs

  1. Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out
  2. St. Louis Blues
  3. Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out - 78rpm Version
  4. Me and My Gin
  5. 'Tain't Nobody's Bizness If I Do
  6. Do Your Duty
  7. Alexander's Ragtime Band
  8. A Good Man Is Hard to Find
  9. Need a Little Sugar in My Bowl
  10. Baby Won't You Please Come Home
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  1. Careless Love
  2. Send Me to the 'Lectric Chair
  3. Careless Love Blues
  4. Back Water Blues
  5. Down Hearted Blues
  6. Gimme a Pigfoot
  7. Kitchen Man
  8. Trombone Cholly
  9. After You've Gone
  10. Black Mountain Blues
  11. Downhearted Blues
  12. Devil's Gonna Git You
  13. Take Me for a Buggy Ride
  14. Aggravatin' Papa
  15. Backwater Blues
  16. Empty Bed Blues
  17. Cake Walkin' Babies from Home
  18. Weeping Willow Blues
  19. Safety Mama
  20. You've Been a Good Ole Wagon
  21. Jail-House Blues
  22. Young Woman's Blues
  23. Reckless Blues
  24. At the Christmas Ball
  25. Muddy Water (A Mississippi Moan)
  26. Empty Bed Blues, Pt. 1
  27. In the House Blues
  28. Graveyard Dream Blues
  29. Muddy Water
  30. Gimme a Pigfoot and a Bottle of Beer
  31. I Ain't Got Nobody
  32. Haunted House Blues
  33. On Revival Day (A Rhythmic Spiritual)
  34. The Yellow Dog Blues
  35. Boweavil Blues
  36. Baby Doll
  37. Ticket Agent, Ease Your Window Down
  38. Gulf Coast Blues
  39. My Sweetie Went Away
  40. I'm Down in the Dumps
  41. St. Louis Blues (with Louis Armstrong)
  42. There'll Be a Hot Time In the Old Town Tonight
  43. Blue Spirit Blues
  44. Mean Old Bedbug Blues
  45. Dyin' by the Hour
  46. Lost Your Head Blues
  47. I Ain't Gonna Play No Second Fiddle
  48. Take It Right Back
  49. Dying Gambler's Blues
  50. Jazzbo Brown from Memphis Town
  51. Moan, You Moaners
  52. I'm Wild About That Thing
  53. Mama's Got the Blues
  54. Any Woman's Blues
  55. Lady Luck Blues
  56. I'm Wild About That Thing - 78 rpm Version
  57. Nobody In Town Can Bake A Sweet Jelly Roll Like Mine
  58. At the Christmas Ball - 78rpm Version
  59. After You're Gone
  60. I Ain't Goin' to Play Second Fiddle
  61. Devil's Gonna Get You
  62. Cemetery Blues
  63. I Need a Little Sugar in My Bowl
  64. Beale Street Mama
  65. Shipwreck Blues
  66. He's Got Me Going
  67. Lock and Key
  68. Outside of That
  69. Cold in Hand Blues
  70. Bleeding Hearted Blues
  71. St Louis Blues
  72. I Used to Be Your Sweet Mama
  73. Sobbin' Hearted Blues
  74. Chicago Bound Blues
  75. Down In the Dumps
  76. Midnight Blues
  77. Easy Come, Easy Go Blues
  78. Nobody Knows When You're Down and Out
  79. Preachin' the Blues
  80. He's Got Me Goin'
  81. Foolish Man Blues
  82. Kitchen Man - 78 rpm Version
  83. Careless Love Blues (take 1)
  84. Sam Jones Blues
  85. Whoa, Tillie, Take Your Time
  86. The St. Louis Blues
  87. Empty Bed Blues (Parts 1 & 2)
  88. 'Tain't Nobody's Business If I Do
  89. You've Been a Good Old Wagon
  90. Sinful Blues

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