03186nam 2200745Ia 450 991045179330332120210602210329.01-4945-0370-097866117406581-281-74065-90-300-12706-510.12987/9780300127065(CKB)1000000000471784(OCoLC)234083925(CaPaEBR)ebrary10172742(SSID)ssj0000289842(PQKBManifestationID)11211073(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000289842(PQKBWorkID)10402080(PQKB)11050845(SSID)ssj0000110433(PQKBManifestationID)11139196(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000110433(PQKBWorkID)10059994(PQKB)11433676(MiAaPQ)EBC3420210(DE-B1597)485296(OCoLC)1100435526(DE-B1597)9780300127065(Au-PeEL)EBL3420210(CaPaEBR)ebr10172742(OCoLC)923590684(EXLCZ)99100000000047178420050323d2003 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrBessie[electronic resource] /Chris AlbertsonRev. and expanded ed.New Haven, Conn. ;London Yale University Press20031 online resource (335 p.)Originally published: New York, N.Y. : Stein and Day, 1972.0-300-09902-9 0-300-10756-0 Includes bibliographical references, discography and index.Front matter --Contents --Author's Note --Acknowledgments --Bessie --Epilogue --Notes --Suggested Reading --IndexConsidered 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 book-a revised and expanded edition of the classic biography of this extraordinary artist-debunks many of the myths that have circulated since her untimely death in 1937.Chris Albertson writes with insight and candor 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. For this new edition he includes more details of Bessie's early years, new interview material, and a chapter devoted to events and responses that followed the original publication in 1971.African American women singersBiographySingersUnited StatesBiographyBlues (Music)1931-1940Electronic books.African American women singersSingersBlues (Music)782.421643092Albertson Chris1034115MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910451793303321Bessie2453042UNINA