Famed blues singer Bessie Smith died after being in a gruesome car accident today in 1937. She was laid to rest in an unmarked grave until 1970 when Janis Joplin paid to have a gravestone placed. http://bit.ly/2uvwsSN | Inspirer
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Bessie Smith and the Riverside Hotel Bessie Smith was probably the world’s most famous female blues singer during her time. Sadly, in 1937, she was seriously injured in a car wreck near Clarksdale, MS. She was taken to the GT Thomas Hospital for African Americans, where she would soon pass away. Several years later, that hospital would be converted to the Riverside Hotel...where many of the best names in blues history would go on to stay. Today, the room where Bessie Smith died is preserved as a
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#todayinhistory Bessie Smith, known as the “Empress of the Blues,” was one of the most powerful voices of the 20th century. Rising from poverty, she became the highest-paid Black entertainer of the 1920s, recording over 160 songs and influencing generations of artists. Her funeral on October 4, 1937, in Philadelphia marked the loss of a legend, but her legacy in jazz, blues, and American music lives on. #history #historybeforeus #bessiesmith #blues #jazz #chattanooga #music #musiclovers #tenness
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