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200 10$aBessie$b[electronic resource] /$fChris Albertson
205   $aRev. and expanded ed.
210   $aNew Haven, Conn. ;$aLondon $cYale University Press$d2003
215   $a1 online resource (335 p.)
300   $aOriginally published: New York, N.Y. : Stein and Day, 1972.
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320   $aIncludes bibliographical references, discography and index.
327   $tFront matter --$tContents --$tAuthor's Note --$tAcknowledgments --$tBessie --$tEpilogue --$tNotes --$tSuggested Reading --$tIndex
330   $aConsidered 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.
606   $aAfrican American women singers$vBiography
606   $aSingers$zUnited States$vBiography
606   $aBlues (Music)$y1931-1940
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