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Biography Bessie Smith
Bessie Smith (July, 1892 or April, 1894 – September 26, 1937) was the
most popular and successful female American blues singer of the 1920s and
1930s, and a strong influence on subsequent generations, including Billie
Holiday, Mahalia Jackson, Nina Simone and Janis Joplin.
Life For the 1900 census, Bessie Smith's mother, Laura Smith, reported
that Bessie was born in Chattanooga, Tennessee in July, 1892. However, for
the following census (1910), her sister, Viola Smith, reported the date as
April 15, 1894; that date appears on all subsequent documents and was the
one observed by Bessie and her family. There remains a serious debate
regarding the size of Bessie Smith's family. The 1870 and 1880 censuses
report three older half-siblings, but the 1900 census reports data that is
at odds with the recollections of her family and contemporaries.
That Bessie was the daughter of Laura (Owens) Smith and William Smith is
not i
Discography
1924-1925
