Complete Recordings v2 - Bessie Smith 2 Sony/Columbia CD
World's Greatest Blues Singer will never die!
10 CD/5 sets series which YOU NEED!
the real deal with a style all her own
billed as Empress of the Blues in her lifetime.
Louis Armstrong & Benny Goodman played on some of her sides.
Janis Joplin brought flowers to her grave just before Joplin passed herself.
Bought her entire catalog, first on 5 2 LP sets on Columbia/CBS in early '70's, later on Sony 10 CD/5 2 CD sets in '90's.
An old customer, Chris Albertson wrote a wonderful biography "Bessie" which was revised in a 2003 edition. He wrote voluminous notes for both LP and CD series.
When Albertson was working on v5, he told me it included a surprise.
Surprise was an extended interview with Smith's running buddy, Ruby. Smith referred to her as a niece. Actually, Ruby was Jack Gee's nice. Gee was Smith's husband.
Yes, there was a Smith biopic, starring Queen Latifah. Not entirely accurate.
St. Louis Blues 1929 short of same name. Smith's only movie appearance, though she was the best selling female blues artist through the '20's and '30's. One of her first 78's sold 2 million copies! She appears at approx. 4:20, song begins at approx. 6:35:
logo at the front right corner, don't know the company, but I ordered a few. I looked on Amazon but couldn't find the same picture, only LP. A little confused I am.
