Bessie Smith
Bessie SmithDOB: 1894-04-15

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.

Movies starring Bessie Smith
A Huey P. Newton Story
It's Black Entertainment
St. Louis Blues
Wild Women Don't Have the Blues
Blues Masters