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Apr 10, 2024 · Bessie Smith, American singer, one of the greatest blues vocalists. Known as the ‘Empress of the Blues,’ she was a bold, supremely confident artist who sang with breathtaking emotional intensity on such songs as ‘Down Hearted Blues,’ ‘Empty Bed Blues,’ and ‘Nobody Knows You When You’re Down and Out.’
Bessie Smith was born in Chattanooga, Tennessee, in 1894 or 1895. Bessie had six siblings. Her family was extremely poor. Her father was a Baptist minister. Both of her parents died when she was young. Bessie and her brother Andrew made money for the family working as street performers. Bessie sang and Andrew played the guitar.
May 14, 2015 · May 14, 2015. “Bessie” is about a blues singer, but what the movie could really use is more soul. The film, which has its premiere Saturday night on HBO, stars Queen Latifah as Bessie Smith, a ...
Bessie is 14155 on the JustWatch Daily Streaming Charts today. The movie has moved up the charts by 9079 places since yesterday. In the United States, it is currently more popular than Time Trap but less popular than Halfway.
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Oct 13, 2022 · In BESSIE, a young woman ( Queen Latifah) gifted with an extraordinary voice, a strong will, and a formidable but untested sense of her own worth creates an astonishing career in early 20th-century America. Young Bessie dealt with poverty and fear, growing up motherless in a "holler" outside of Chattanooga, Tennessee.
May 15, 2015 · HBO’s “Bessie,” a biopic premiering Saturday that stars Queen Latifah as the blues singer Bessie Smith, is a thoughtful and at times stirring example of how a film can add texture to a ...
May 16, 2015 · Bessie has been in development for more than two decades, giving Latifah plenty of time to get comfortable in Bessie Smith’s shoes.The persona she portrays, simultaneously warm and rowdy, is ...
