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010 a| 2002155414;

020 a| 0300099029 (clothbound : alk. paper);

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035 a| (OCoLC)51223677;

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050 00 a| ML420.S667b| A7 2003;

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100 1 a| Albertson, Chris.=| ^A313535;

245 10 a| Bessie /c| Chris Albertson.;

250 a| Revised and expanded edition.;

300 a| xix, 314 pages :b| illustrations ;c| 25 cm;

336 a| text2| rdacontent;

337 a| unmediated2| rdamedia;

338 a| volume2| rdacarrier;

500 a| Original edition published in 1972 by Stein and Day.;

504 a| Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-302), discography (pages 303-306), and index.;

520 a| Bessie Smith, the great singer known as the "Empress of the Blues", is considered by many to be the greatest blues singer of all time. She was also a successful vaudeville entertainer who became the highest-paid African American performer of the Roaring '20s. The revised and expanded edition of the biography of this extraordinary artist debunks many of the myths that have circulated since her untimely death in 1937. The author 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, including Ruby Walker Smith, a niece by marriage who toured with Bessie for over a decade.;

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Bessie / Chris Albertson.

Author/creator	Albertson, Chris
Format	Book
Edition	Revised and expanded edition.
Publication Info	New Haven : Yale University Press, ©2003.
Description	xix, 314 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Subjects	Smith, Bessie, 1894-1937. Singers--United States. --Biography. Women singers--United States. --Biography. Blues musicians--United States. --Biography.

Abstract	Bessie Smith, the great singer known as the "Empress of the Blues", is considered by many to be the greatest blues singer of all time. She was also a successful vaudeville entertainer who became the highest-paid African American performer of the Roaring '20s. The revised and expanded edition of the biography of this extraordinary artist debunks many of the myths that have circulated since her untimely death in 1937. The author 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, including Ruby Walker Smith, a niece by marriage who toured with Bessie for over a decade.
General note	Original edition published in 1972 by Stein and Day.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-302), discography (pages 303-306), and index.
LCCN	2002155414
ISBN	0300099029 (clothbound : alk. paper)

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