Bessie by Chris Albertson

Bessie

Chris Albertson

A biography of Bessie Smith, the great singer known as the ‘Empress of the Blues’. Considered by many to be the greatest blues singer of all time, Bessie Smith was also a successful vaudeville entertainer who became the highest paid African-American performer of the roaring twenties. This revised and expanded edition of the biography of this extraordinary artist, debunks many of the myths that have circulated since her untimely death in 1937. Chris Albertson seeks to write with insight and candour about the singer’s personal life and her career, supplementing his historical research with dozens of interviews with her relatives, friends and associates, in particular Ruby Walker Smith, a niece by marriage who toured with Bessie for over a decade.

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Details

ISBN 9780349100548
Genre Autobiography/Biography; Grier Rated; Music
Publication Date 03-Apr-75
Publisher Abacus Books (Sphere)
Format Trade Paperback
No. of Pages 288
Language English
Rating NotRated
Subject Biography & Autobiography
BookID 1005

Author: LFWBooks