Bessie Regina Smith

GPTKB entity

Statements (53)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf musician
blues singer
gptkbp:activeYears 1912
1937
gptkbp:associatedAct gptkb:Louis_Armstrong
gptkbp:awards gptkb:National_Recording_Registry
gptkb:Rock_and_Roll_Hall_of_Fame
gptkb:Grammy_Hall_of_Fame
gptkbp:birthDate April 15, 1894
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Chattanooga,_Tennessee,_USA
gptkbp:born gptkb:Bessie_Regina_Smith
gptkbp:burialPlace gptkb:Mount_Lawn_Cemetery
gptkbp:collaboratedWith gptkb:Annie_Lennox
gptkb:Tina_Turner
gptkb:John_Lee_Hooker
gptkb:Sharon_Jones
gptkb:Bonnie_Raitt
gptkb:Big_Joe_Williams
gptkb:Koko_Taylor
gptkb:Muddy_Waters
gptkb:Ray_Charles
gptkb:Susan_Tedeschi
gptkb:Fletcher_Henderson
gptkb:Louis_Jordan
gptkb:Count_Basie
gptkb:Etta_James
gptkb:Teddy_Wilson
gptkb:Eddie_Condon
Billie Holiday
Diana Krall
Jelly Roll Morton
T-Bone Walker
gptkbp:deathDate September 26, 1937
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Clarksdale,_Mississippi,_USA
gptkbp:genre blues
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Bessie Regina Smith
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Aretha_Franklin
gptkb:Janis_Joplin
gptkb:Nina_Simone
Billie Holiday
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Ma_Rainey
gptkbp:nickname gptkb:Empress_of_the_Blues
gptkbp:notableFeature gptkb:Bessie_Smith's_Blues
gptkbp:notableSong gptkb:Downhearted_Blues
gptkb:St._Louis_Blues
A Good Man Is Hard to Find
Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out
gptkbp:recordings gptkb:Vocalion_Records
gptkb:Okeh_Records
gptkb:Paramount_Records
gptkbp:recordLabel gptkb:Columbia_Records
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Jack_Gee
gptkbp:website gptkb:Bessie_Smith_Foundation