Bessie Smith (1894-1937) < Blues in the Yahoo! Directory

Red Hot Jazz: Bessie Smith
Biography and sound clips of the Empress of the Blues.
www.redhotjazz.com/bessie.html
Jazz: Bessie Smith
Biography and sound files from the PBS special on the history of jazz by Ken Burns.
www.pbs.org/jazz/biography/artist_id_smith_bessie.htm
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: Bessie Smith
www.rockhall.com/hof/inductee.asp?id=190
Reflections of 1920's And 30's Street Life In The Music Of Bessie Smith
bluesnet.hub.org/readings/bessie.html
Bessie Smith Links Page
Links to sites about the blues singer.
alt.venus.co.uk/weed/bessie/welcome.htm
Lesbianism In the Life of Bessie Smith
Article by Chris Albertson.
xroads.virginia.edu/~UG97/blues/katz.html
Bessie Smith, Talking to the Day
Representation of identity in early twentieth century blues culture.
xroads.virginia.edu/~UG97/blues/bs.html
DownBeat.com: Bessie Smith
Bio, discography, photo gallery, and more.
www.downbeat.com/artists/window.asp?action=new&aid=47&aname=Bessie+Smith
encarta africana: Bessie Smith
Biography by James Clyde Sellman.
www.africana.com/research/encarta/tt_493.asp
allmusic: Bessie Smith
Biography and discography.
www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=B87dovwrva9uk

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