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8 de ago. de 2019 · The Mississippi Delta, especially as defined by the official blues markers that help guide tourism, is really not all that big: From their junction in Clarksdale, highways 49 and 61 branch out...
On Sept. 26, 1937, after finishing a performance in Memphis, Smith and her manager were driving south on Highway 61, north of the Crossroads in Clarksdale, Mississippi, when their car struck an oncoming truck. The crash nearly severed Smith's right arm.
Women in World History: A Biographical Encyclopedia. Smith, Bessie (1894–1937)African-American vocalist and "Empress of the Blues" who was one of America's greatest jazz singers. Born on April 15, 1894 (some sources cite 1895) in Chattanooga, Tennessee; died in Clarksdale, Mississippi, on September 26 (some sources cite the 27th), 1937, from ...
On the morning of September 26, 1937, Bessie Smith, “the empress of the blues,” died here at the G.T. Thomas Afro American Hospital following an automobile accident on Highway 61 just outside of Clarksdale. Smith, known for her powerful voice and the raw emotion of her delivery, was the biggest star of the blues in the 1920s, and was in the ...
Blues singer Bessie Smith died here in 1937 following a car accident while traveling to Clarksdale for a performance.” The GPS location of the Riverside Hotel is: N 34° 11.701′ W 90° 34.357′. Mississippi Blues Trail marker at Riverside Hotel, Clarksdale, Mississippi.
The accidental death of Bessie Smith in Mississippi has turned into a myth that has been repeated many times, including several times in print by respected authors. It is true that Smith died after a car accident on Mississippi’s Highway 61 near Clarksdale. And her death probably could have been prevented if she had received […]
After scoring her first big hit record in 1923 with "Down Hearted Blues," which sold over 800,000 copies, Bessie went on to record classic blues with the most notable jazz artists of the 1920s—among them, Clarence Williams, James P. Johnson, Don Redman, Fletcher Henderson, and Louis Armstrong, with whom she recorded the timeless "St. Louis Blues."
