“On This Day in the History of Recorded Sound…”
April 15, 1894: Born: Bessie Smith, the most popular female blues singer of the 1920s-1930s.
#antiquephonographsociety #phonograph #gramophone #antique
Bessie Smith
- phonogfp
- Victor Monarch Special
- Posts: 7423
- Joined: Wed Jan 07, 2009 5:08 pm
- Personal Text: "If you look for the bad in people expecting to find it, you surely will." - A. Lincoln
- Location: New York's Finger Lakes
-
- Victor IV
- Posts: 1578
- Joined: Mon Mar 04, 2013 3:33 pm
Re: Bessie Smith
My late friend Jerry Donnell talked a lot about Bessie.He told me that when he was a little boy he and his nurse went backstage to see Bessie,and Jerry told me that he sat on her lap.Happy birthday,Bessie! edisonplayer.