Bessie Smith
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Depending on Your Zip Code, the Blues Reigns Supreme
While many Americans set aside the blues with the birth of the Motown sound and The Sound of Philadelphia, the…
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Mosaic Theater Company Opens Season With Tribute to Bessie Smith
She was brazen, bawdy and brash, and her life was the stuff that legends are made of.
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Queen Latifah Takes Long Road to ‘Bessie’ Film
LYNN ELBER, AP Television Writer PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — When Queen Latifah was approached 20 years ago to play Bessie…
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