Bessie Smith
American blues singer
Born on: April 15, 1894Died on: September 26, 1937
Aged: 43 years 164 days (521 months)
Birth Sign: Aries
Bessie Smith was an African-American blues singer widely renowned during the Jazz Age. Nicknamed the "Empress of the Blues" and formerly Queen of the Blues, she was the most popular female blues singer of the 1930s.
Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1989, 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.
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