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25 de may. de 2003 · Bessie Smith perished in an automobile accident outside of Clarksdale Mississippi in 1937. Almost seventy years later, the "Empress of the Blues" continues to loom large in the American psyche. She, along with Louis Armstrong, defined—no, originated—the craft of jazz vocals. Naxos Jazz Legends begins its documentation of the Smith legend ...
On September 26,1937, Bessie Smith was critically injured in a car crash on US Route 61 between Memphis, Tennessee, and Clarksdale, Mississippi. 24. Bessie Smith, who was in the passenger seat, probably with her right arm or elbow out the window, took the full brunt of the impact.
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3 de mar. de 2018 · But in the wilds of Mississippi, fame strains even Freeman’s kindly nature. Clarksdale, known as the birthplace of the blues, is back on the map because Freeman lives nearby and part-owns the Ground Zero Blues Club downtown. He preferred to meet at the mansion of Clarksdale’s mayor, and his business partner, Bill Luckett, instead of at the ...
13 de nov. de 2009 · Legendary blues singer Bessie Smith is buried near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on October 4, 1937. Some 7,000 mourners attended her funeral. ... Mississippi, between Clarksdale and Memphis.
21 de may. de 2024 · Bessie Smith (born April 15, 1894?, Chattanooga, Tennessee, U.S.—died September 26, 1937, Clarksdale, Mississippi) was an American singer and one of the greatest blues vocalists. Smith grew up in poverty and obscurity. She may have made a first public appearance at the age of eight or nine at the Ivory Theatre in her hometown.
Bessie Smith did not come from Clarksdale, but she died here in 1937. Memorialized in a one-act play, The Death of Bessie Smith by playwright Edward Albee, she was in a tragic automobile accident outside of Clarksdale, and she passed away at the G. T. Thomas Afro-American Hospital, which in 1943 became Clarksdale’s famous hotel for the blues, The Riverside Hotel.
