Bessie Smith was certainly the greatest blues singer who lived and probably one of the greatest and most influential singers of the twentieth century. Her blues songs mirrored her tempestuous life as she travelled across America performing and making records, taking both male and female lovers, achieving great wealth and stardom until her eventual decline during the years of the depression. She died in a car crash in 1937 aged 43.
- ISBN10 1899791701
- ISBN13 9781899791705
- Publish Date 7 October 1997
- Publish Status Unknown
- Out of Print 21 April 2015
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Absolute Press
- Format Paperback
- Pages 160
- Language English