It's a long old road, but I know I'm going to find the end.— Bessie They called her The Empress of the Blues. She recorded with Louis Armstrong and Fletcher Henderson, appeared on Broadway and headlined vaudeville acts across the country. But when Bessie Smith died in 1937, her legacy was underappreciated — she was buried in an unmarked grave and her recordings were lost to history. Decades later, the blues and jazz aficionados of the 1970s rock class rediscovered her music.
A Woman to Know: Bessie Smith
A Woman to Know: Bessie Smith
A Woman to Know: Bessie Smith
It's a long old road, but I know I'm going to find the end.— Bessie They called her The Empress of the Blues. She recorded with Louis Armstrong and Fletcher Henderson, appeared on Broadway and headlined vaudeville acts across the country. But when Bessie Smith died in 1937, her legacy was underappreciated — she was buried in an unmarked grave and her recordings were lost to history. Decades later, the blues and jazz aficionados of the 1970s rock class rediscovered her music.