Jest (October 7, 2008 at 5:52 am)

that's been proven to be untrue in recent years. Interesting how the lie keeps going though. it's been a rumor for a heck of long time.

ribonucleic (October 6, 2008 at 12:08 am)

I was enthralled from the first seconds of this. Then the Hollywood shit started and I couldn't bear it. So: two minutes or so of legendary film footage. I think Bessie Smith had the most lost potential of any figure in American popular music history.

OneBlackRose45 (October 2, 2008 at 12:21 am)

UNBELIEVABLE!!!!

cssilent (September 30, 2008 at 3:14 pm)

yeah, tons of 'according to legend' things piss me off because they have a huge basis on the time period and rumors rather than fact...

jeffersonzeppelin (September 26, 2008 at 6:15 pm)

wow im in love with her voice so beautiful (L)

OnThisDayInHistory (September 26, 2008 at 1:34 pm)

Sep 26 1937 The Empress of the Blues, Bessie Smith, sustains grave injuries in a traffic accident on US Highway 61. She is taken to a colored hospital in Clarksdale, Mississippi and her arm amputated. Smith dies later that day from blood loss. According to legend, Bessie had been refused treatment by a closer, whites-only hospital. IF THAT DONT PISS YOU OFF!

rayanmiley (September 26, 2008 at 12:07 am)

love it!- Ashley yo

yuckyteeth (September 24, 2008 at 4:19 am)

i didnt know they had motion picture either lol. wow thats crazy, heck i didnt even know blues was invented back then

Taliyah18888888888 (September 21, 2008 at 5:07 pm)

love her voice

BigWinehousefan (September 21, 2008 at 9:47 am)

The year was 1929