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Smith in 1936. The 1900 census indicates that her family reported that Bessie Smith was born in Chattanooga, Tennessee, in July 1892. [2] [3] [4] The 1910 census gives her age as 16, [5] and a birth date of April 15, 1894, which appears on subsequent documents and was observed as her birthday by the Smith family.
Bessie is a 2015 HBO TV film about the American blues singer Bessie Smith, and focuses on her transformation as a struggling young singer into "The Empress of the Blues". The film is directed by Dee Rees , [ 1 ] with a screenplay by Rees, Christopher Cleveland and Bettina Gilois .
Send Me to the 'Lectric Chair" is a late-1920s blues song written by composer George Brooks and made famous by Bessie Smith. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] In the song, a female narrator confesses the murder of a deceitful lover [ 3 ] and expresses her willingness to accept her punishment .
An early jazz standard, the song was recorded by Bessie Smith, Ted Lewis, Fletcher Henderson, Cab Calloway, and many others. The 1946 film Beale Street Mama was named after the song. A race film, it was directed by and stars Spencer Williams. It was distributed by Sack Amusement Enterprises.
"Gimme a Pigfoot" is a 1933 song written by Wesley Wilson, probably with Coot Grant, his wife, though she is not usually credited on record labels.It was first recorded by Bessie Smith, and versions have been released by many other artists.
In 1929, she featured in a revue promoted by Bessie Smith's husband, Jack Gee. Smith suspected that Saunders and Gee were having an affair, and twice beat up Saunders, as a result of which Smith was charged with assault; her marriage to Gee ended soon afterwards. [7] In 1931, Saunders suffered a breakdown and returned to Asheville to recuperate ...
Bessie Smith – first recorded under the title "Me and My Gin" on 25 August 1928, [2] in New York City and issued as Columbia 14384-D; [3] she also recorded a different song called 'Gin House Blues', with Fletcher Henderson, on 18 March 1926. [2] Amen Corner – released the song as a single in 1967; it reached Number 12 in the UK Singles ...
Jazbo Brown is featured in the song "Jazzbo Brown from Memphis Town", composed by George Brooks and recorded by Bessie Smith in May 1926. [1] He also appears in the opening scene of George Gershwin's opera, Porgy and Bess, with the spelling 'Jasbo Brown'. He takes no part in the plot, but plays "a low-down blues" on the piano while couples dance.