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Bessie Smith (April 15, 1894 – September 26, 1937) was an American blues singer.Nicknamed The Empress of the Blues, Smith was the most popular female blues singer of the 1920s and 1930s. She is often regarded as one of the greatest singers of her era and, along with Louis Armstrong, a major influence on other jazz vocalists.

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rdfs:comment	Bessie Smith (April 15, 1894 – September 26, 1937) was an American blues singer.Nicknamed The Empress of the Blues, Smith was the most popular female blues singer of the 1920s and 1930s. She is often regarded as one of the greatest singers of her era and, along with Louis Armstrong, a major influence on other jazz vocalists.
foaf:name	Bessie Smith Smith, Bessie
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dc:description	Americanbluessinger
foaf:givenName	Bessie Smith
active years end year	1937-01-01(xsd:dateTime)
active years start year	1912-01-01(xsd:dateTime)
alias	The Empress of the Blues
associated band	Ethel Waters Ma Rainey Alberta Hunter
associated musical artist	Ethel Waters Ma Rainey Alberta Hunter
background	solo_singer
birth date	1894-04-15(xsd:dateTime)
birth place	United States Chattanooga, Tennessee
birth year	1894-01-01(xsd:dateTime)
death date	1937-09-26(xsd:dateTime)
death place	United States Clarksdale, Mississippi State of Mississippi
death year	1937-01-01(xsd:dateTime)
genre	Blues dbpedia:Twelve-bar_blues
occupation	dbpedia:Singing
record label	dbpedia:Columbia_Records
thumbnail	http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bessiesmith.jpg?width=300
is associated band of	Diamond Teeth Mary Clarence Williams Ethel Waters Ma Rainey Annette Hanshaw Alberta Hunter Odetta
is associated musical artist of	Diamond Teeth Mary Clarence Williams Ethel Waters Ma Rainey Annette Hanshaw Alberta Hunter Odetta
is musical artist of	Saint Louis Blues Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out Backwater Blues
is musical band of	Saint Louis Blues Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out Backwater Blues
is starring of	St. Louis Blues
is writer of	Backwater Blues

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