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  1. On April 15, 1894: #BessieSmith, American blues singer known as the "Empress of the Blues" (recorded over 200 songs), born in Chattanooga, Tennessee (d. 1937).
    #HappyBirthday #RIP 💔🕊️

  2. On April 15, 1894: #BessieSmith, American blues singer known as the "Empress of the Blues" (recorded over 200 songs), born in Chattanooga, Tennessee (d. 1937).
    #HappyBirthday #RIP 💔🕊️

  3. On April 15, 1894: #BessieSmith, American blues singer known as the "Empress of the Blues" (recorded over 200 songs), born in Chattanooga, Tennessee (d. 1937).
    #HappyBirthday #RIP 💔🕊️

  4. On April 15, 1894: #BessieSmith, American blues singer known as the "Empress of the Blues" (recorded over 200 songs), born in Chattanooga, Tennessee (d. 1937).
    #HappyBirthday #RIP 💔🕊️

  5. On April 15, 1894: #BessieSmith, American blues singer known as the "Empress of the Blues" (recorded over 200 songs), born in Chattanooga, Tennessee (d. 1937).
    #HappyBirthday #RIP 💔🕊️

  6. As a young black girl growing up in Glasgow, Jackie Kay found in Bessie someone with whom she could identify & who she could idolise. Kay mixes biography, fiction, poetry & prose to create an enthralling account of an extraordinary life

    youtube.com/watch?v=ICZIxOmfQLc

    #Scottish #literature #poem #poetry #music #song #singing #BessieSmith #InternationalWomenInMusicDay

  7. As a young black girl growing up in Glasgow, Jackie Kay found in Bessie someone with whom she could identify & who she could idolise. Kay mixes biography, fiction, poetry & prose to create an enthralling account of an extraordinary life

    youtube.com/watch?v=ICZIxOmfQLc

    #Scottish #literature #poem #poetry #music #song #singing #BessieSmith #InternationalWomenInMusicDay

  8. As a young black girl growing up in Glasgow, Jackie Kay found in Bessie someone with whom she could identify & who she could idolise. Kay mixes biography, fiction, poetry & prose to create an enthralling account of an extraordinary life

    youtube.com/watch?v=ICZIxOmfQLc

    #Scottish #literature #poem #poetry #music #song #singing #BessieSmith #InternationalWomenInMusicDay

  9. As a young black girl growing up in Glasgow, Jackie Kay found in Bessie someone with whom she could identify & who she could idolise. Kay mixes biography, fiction, poetry & prose to create an enthralling account of an extraordinary life

    youtube.com/watch?v=ICZIxOmfQLc

    #Scottish #literature #poem #poetry #music #song #singing #BessieSmith #InternationalWomenInMusicDay

  10. As a young black girl growing up in Glasgow, Jackie Kay found in Bessie someone with whom she could identify & who she could idolise. Kay mixes biography, fiction, poetry & prose to create an enthralling account of an extraordinary life

    youtube.com/watch?v=ICZIxOmfQLc

    #Scottish #literature #poem #poetry #music #song #singing #BessieSmith #InternationalWomenInMusicDay

  11. Jackie Kay’s biography of Bessie Smith was published by Faber in 2021

    “Jackie Kay’s book on Bessie Smith: She has combined biographical information with a total understanding of who Bessie actually WAS … Biographies don’t usually bring the subject to life again. This one did. I finished the book then started it again immediately.”
    —Peggy Seeger

    faber.co.uk/product/9780571362

    #Scottish #literature #poem #poetry #music #song #singing #BessieSmith #InternationalWomenInMusicDay #biography

  12. Jackie Kay’s biography of Bessie Smith was published by Faber in 2021

    “Jackie Kay’s book on Bessie Smith: She has combined biographical information with a total understanding of who Bessie actually WAS … Biographies don’t usually bring the subject to life again. This one did. I finished the book then started it again immediately.”
    —Peggy Seeger

    faber.co.uk/product/9780571362

    #Scottish #literature #poem #poetry #music #song #singing #BessieSmith #InternationalWomenInMusicDay #biography

  13. Jackie Kay’s biography of Bessie Smith was published by Faber in 2021

    “Jackie Kay’s book on Bessie Smith: She has combined biographical information with a total understanding of who Bessie actually WAS … Biographies don’t usually bring the subject to life again. This one did. I finished the book then started it again immediately.”
    —Peggy Seeger

    faber.co.uk/product/9780571362

    #Scottish #literature #poem #poetry #music #song #singing #BessieSmith #InternationalWomenInMusicDay #biography

  14. Jackie Kay’s biography of Bessie Smith was published by Faber in 2021

    “Jackie Kay’s book on Bessie Smith: She has combined biographical information with a total understanding of who Bessie actually WAS … Biographies don’t usually bring the subject to life again. This one did. I finished the book then started it again immediately.”
    —Peggy Seeger

    faber.co.uk/product/9780571362

    #Scottish #literature #poem #poetry #music #song #singing #BessieSmith #InternationalWomenInMusicDay #biography

  15. Jackie Kay’s biography of Bessie Smith was published by Faber in 2021

    “Jackie Kay’s book on Bessie Smith: She has combined biographical information with a total understanding of who Bessie actually WAS … Biographies don’t usually bring the subject to life again. This one did. I finished the book then started it again immediately.”
    —Peggy Seeger

    faber.co.uk/product/9780571362

    #Scottish #literature #poem #poetry #music #song #singing #BessieSmith #InternationalWomenInMusicDay #biography

  16. There are some stones that open in the night like flowers
    Down in the red graveyard where Bessie haunts her lovers…

    —Jackie Kay, “The Red Graveyard”
    published in OTHER LOVERS (Bloodaxe, 1993)

    Today, 28 March, is International Women in Music Day

    bloodaxebooks.com/ecs/category

    #Scottish #literature #poem #poetry #music #song #singing #BessieSmith #InternationalWomenInMusicDay

  17. There are some stones that open in the night like flowers
    Down in the red graveyard where Bessie haunts her lovers…

    —Jackie Kay, “The Red Graveyard”
    published in OTHER LOVERS (Bloodaxe, 1993)

    Today, 28 March, is International Women in Music Day

    bloodaxebooks.com/ecs/category

    #Scottish #literature #poem #poetry #music #song #singing #BessieSmith #InternationalWomenInMusicDay

  18. There are some stones that open in the night like flowers
    Down in the red graveyard where Bessie haunts her lovers…

    —Jackie Kay, “The Red Graveyard”
    published in OTHER LOVERS (Bloodaxe, 1993)

    Today, 28 March, is International Women in Music Day

    bloodaxebooks.com/ecs/category

    #Scottish #literature #poem #poetry #music #song #singing #BessieSmith #InternationalWomenInMusicDay

  19. There are some stones that open in the night like flowers
    Down in the red graveyard where Bessie haunts her lovers…

    —Jackie Kay, “The Red Graveyard”
    published in OTHER LOVERS (Bloodaxe, 1993)

    Today, 28 March, is International Women in Music Day

    bloodaxebooks.com/ecs/category

    #Scottish #literature #poem #poetry #music #song #singing #BessieSmith #InternationalWomenInMusicDay

  20. There are some stones that open in the night like flowers
    Down in the red graveyard where Bessie haunts her lovers…

    —Jackie Kay, “The Red Graveyard”
    published in OTHER LOVERS (Bloodaxe, 1993)

    Today, 28 March, is International Women in Music Day

    bloodaxebooks.com/ecs/category

    #Scottish #literature #poem #poetry #music #song #singing #BessieSmith #InternationalWomenInMusicDay

  21. Step into 1929: Bessie Smith lights up the screen in St. Louis Blues — an early-sound short capturing Prohibition speakeasy vibes and W. C. Handy's iconic tune. Pure blues and film-history magic you don’t want to miss! #BessieSmith #StLouisBlues #Blues #WCHandy #EarlySound #FilmHistory #VintageFilm #Prohibition #English
    video.nstr.no/videos/watch/39e

  22. Step into 1929: Bessie Smith lights up the screen in St. Louis Blues — an early-sound short capturing Prohibition speakeasy vibes and W. C. Handy's iconic tune. Pure blues and film-history magic you don’t want to miss! #BessieSmith #StLouisBlues #Blues #WCHandy #EarlySound #FilmHistory #VintageFilm #Prohibition #English
    video.nstr.no/videos/watch/39e

  23. Bessie Smith è più una cantante di blues, mentre Louis Armstrong è rivolto verso il jazz moderno. Un incontro tra due grandissimi, alle origini del jazz.

    Accadeva giusto un secolo fa... mese più, mese meno.
    Leggi di più 👉 go.leoravera.it/3YzLwds

    #BessieSmith #LouisArmstrong #Jazz
    go.leoravera.it/3YzLwds

  24. Bessie Smith è più una cantante di blues, mentre Louis Armstrong è rivolto verso il jazz moderno. Un incontro tra due grandissimi, alle origini del jazz.

    Accadeva giusto un secolo fa... mese più, mese meno.
    Leggi di più 👉 go.leoravera.it/3YzLwds

    #BessieSmith #LouisArmstrong #Jazz
    go.leoravera.it/3YzLwds

  25. #OnThisDay in 1937, #BessieSmith, American blues singer known as the "Empress of the Blues" (recorded over 200 songs), died of injuries sustained in car crash at 43.
    #RIP 🪦

  26. #OnThisDay in 1937, #BessieSmith, American blues singer known as the "Empress of the Blues" (recorded over 200 songs), died of injuries sustained in car crash at 43.
    #RIP 🪦

  27. #OnThisDay in 1937, #BessieSmith, American blues singer known as the "Empress of the Blues" (recorded over 200 songs), died of injuries sustained in car crash at 43.
    #RIP 🪦

  28. #OnThisDay in 1937, #BessieSmith, American blues singer known as the "Empress of the Blues" (recorded over 200 songs), died of injuries sustained in car crash at 43.
    #RIP 🪦

  29. #OnThisDay in 1937, #BessieSmith, American blues singer known as the "Empress of the Blues" (recorded over 200 songs), died of injuries sustained in car crash at 43.
    #RIP 🪦