Bessie / Chris Albertson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Albertson, Chris.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Smith, Bessie, 1894-1937.

Smith, Bessie.

African American women singers--Biography.

African American women singers.

Singers--United States--Biography.

Singers.

Blues (Music)--1931-1940.

Blues (Music).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (335 p.)

Edition:

Rev. and expanded ed.

Place of Publication:

New Haven, Conn. ; London : Yale University Press, 2003.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Considered 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.

Contents:

Front matter

Contents

Author's Note

Acknowledgments

Bessie

Epilogue

Notes

Suggested Reading

Index

Notes:

Originally published: New York, N.Y. : Stein and Day, 1972.

Includes bibliographical references, discography and index.

ISBN:

9786611740658

9781494503703

1494503700

9781281740656

1281740659

9780300127065

0300127065

OCLC:

234083925