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Bessie Smith

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Noun1.Bessie Smith - United States blues singer (1894-1937)
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Jacqueline inspirations were Billy Holiday, Bessie Smith, Lenis Guess, B.
Synopsis of Blues by jacqueline amos / Arts and entertainment industries community
Maybe it's the fact she reminds some of former greats such as Bessie Smith, Billie Holiday and Edith Piaf, or it could be the fact that her albums Careless Love and Bare Bones just manage to transport the listener to another place free of the recession.
Following Madeleine's music story; Documentary by Birmingham Mail (England)
Since then, she's won several awards, with work inspired by topics such as Afro-Caribbean history, blues-singer Bessie Smith and the life of musician Billy Tipton, and branched out into writing for the stage and television, poems for children, short stories and novels, again using different narrative voices.
culture: Author's voice gets a new life; Barbara Hodgson hears how ... by The Journal (Newcastle, England)
 
 
 
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