Vocalist Bessie Smith was hailed “The Empress Of The Blues” despite an all-too-short career that spanned the early 1920s to her untimely death in 1937. In recognition of Women’s History Month, this ...
Born Lizzie Douglas on June 3, 1897, the musician often said she originated in rural Louisiana, but it is more likely her birth was in northern Mississippi, where she spent her early years. By the ...
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