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leoravera<p>Nati entrambi all'inizio del secolo scorso, Louis Armstrong e Bessie Smith sono due jazzisti della prima generazione. E' bello ascoltarli insieme. Anche se il suono della registrazione è imperfetto, la musica è bellissima.</p><p>Leggi di più 👉 <a href="https://go.leoravera.it/3YzLwds" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">go.leoravera.it/3YzLwds</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BessieSmith" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BessieSmith</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LouisArmstrong" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LouisArmstrong</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Jazz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Jazz</span></a><br><a href="https://go.leoravera.it/3YzLwds" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">go.leoravera.it/3YzLwds</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Ted Tocks Covers<p>Ted Tocks Covers </p><p>Down Hearted Blues </p><p>Originally posted on September 26, 2019</p><p>Remembering <a href="https://thecanadian.social/tags/EllaFitzgerald" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EllaFitzgerald</span></a> who died on this day in 1996.</p><p>“I’m so disgusted, heartbroken too<br>I've got those downhearted blues”</p><p><a href="https://thecanadian.social/tags/BessieSmith" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BessieSmith</span></a> <a href="https://thecanadian.social/tags/LovieAustin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LovieAustin</span></a> <a href="https://thecanadian.social/tags/AlbertaHunter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AlbertaHunter</span></a> <a href="https://thecanadian.social/tags/CabCalloway" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CabCalloway</span></a> <a href="https://thecanadian.social/tags/EllaFitzgerald" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EllaFitzgerald</span></a> &nbsp;<a href="https://thecanadian.social/tags/JanisJoplin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JanisJoplin</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://tedtockscovers.wordpress.com/2019/09/26/down-hearted-blues-a-glimpse-into-the-life-of-bessiesmith-an-inspiring-voice-from-the-early-days-of-blues-and-jazz-musicislife-tedtockscovers-lovieaustin-albertahunter-cabcalloway-ellafitzg/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">tedtockscovers.wordpress.com/2</span><span class="invisible">019/09/26/down-hearted-blues-a-glimpse-into-the-life-of-bessiesmith-an-inspiring-voice-from-the-early-days-of-blues-and-jazz-musicislife-tedtockscovers-lovieaustin-albertahunter-cabcalloway-ellafitzg/</span></a></p>
Roman ALAN<p>The Brain DJ is in the mood for the blues –</p><p>Bessie Smith and Her Blue Boys, "Young Woman's Blues" (1927)</p><p>Recorded in New York City on Oct 26, 1925, with these backing musicians:<br>Buster Bailey, clarinet<br>Charlie Dixon, banjo<br>Charlie Green, trombone<br>Fletcher Henderson, piano<br>Kaiser Marshall, drums<br>Joe Smith, cornet.</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jAUfnWKE3Ts" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=jAUfnWKE3T</span><span class="invisible">s</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/Music" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Music</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/Blues" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Blues</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/1920sBlues" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>1920sBlues</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/BessieSmith" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BessieSmith</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/BessieSmithAndHerBlueBoys" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BessieSmithAndHerBlueBoys</span></a></p>
it's kat! 🇵🇸✊<p>&#39;so if I ever get my hand on a dollar again, i&#39;m gonna hold on to it &#39;til them eagles grin&#39;...<br /><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/bessieSmith" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>bessieSmith</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/jukeboxFridayNight" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>jukeboxFridayNight</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/money" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>money</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/blues" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>blues</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/music" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>music</span></a> <br /><a href="https://inv.nadeko.net/Zea-1Fzi9JQ?__goaway_challenge=meta-refresh&amp;__goaway_id=2a632d807b1f737ae22fddfeb8b9955a&amp;t=33" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">inv.nadeko.net/Zea-1Fzi9JQ?__g</span><span class="invisible">oaway_challenge=meta-refresh&amp;__goaway_id=2a632d807b1f737ae22fddfeb8b9955a&amp;t=33</span></a><br /><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zea-1Fzi9JQ" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">youtube.com/watch?v=Zea-1Fzi9JQ</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br />(&#39;nobody knows you when you&#39;re down &amp; out&#39; - bessie smith, 1929)</p>
Ed Wilk 🇺🇦🌵<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TgjyBOOWGbM" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">youtube.com/watch?v=TgjyBOOWGbM</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/music" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>music</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/blues" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>blues</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/bigmaybelle" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>bigmaybelle</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/bessiesmith" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>bessiesmith</span></a> <br /><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ChunderRoad" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ChunderRoad</span></a></p>
Luc Jodoin<p>Never open a song with weather? <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/incipit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>incipit</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/blues" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>blues</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BessieSmith" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BessieSmith</span></a> <a href="https://bibliobabil.com/2025/05/02/incipit-meteo-black-water-blues-de-bessie-smith-130/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bibliobabil.com/2025/05/02/inc</span><span class="invisible">ipit-meteo-black-water-blues-de-bessie-smith-130/</span></a></p>
50+ Music<p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/OnThisDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OnThisDay</span></a> in 1894, <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/BessieSmith" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BessieSmith</span></a>, American blues singer known as the "Empress of the Blues" (recorded over 200 songs), born in Chattanooga, Tennessee (d. 1937). †<br><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/RIP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RIP</span></a></p>
John Eckman<p><strong>Bessie Smith, Any Woman’s Blues, 1970 on Columbia</strong></p><p>This is was the second in a series of five 2xLP releases on Columbia in 1970-1972 that covered Smith’s recordings for the label. </p><p>These recordings were made between September 1923 and March 1930, all recorded in New York. Piano by Fletcher Henderson, Clarence Williams, Irving Johns, James Price Johnson, and Jimmy Jones. Other musicians include Don Redman (clarinet), Eddie Lang (guitar), Garvin Bushnell (alto sax, clarinet, soprano sax), Ed Allen (cornet), Arville Harris (tenor sax), Cyrus St. Clair (tuba), Charlie Green (trombone), and Louis Bacon (trumpet). </p><p>Technical restoration by Larry Hiller and liner notes by Chris Albertson (author of <em><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Bessie-Revised-expanded-Chris-Albertson/dp/0300107560" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Bessie</a></em>). </p><p>Great set of early Bessie Smith recordings in mono. </p><p>My copy, via Academy Records in NYC, is a 1970 pressing</p><p><a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://goatless.org/tag/1920s" target="_blank">#1920s</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://goatless.org/tag/1930" target="_blank">#1930</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://goatless.org/tag/1970" target="_blank">#1970</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://goatless.org/tag/1970s" target="_blank">#1970s</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://goatless.org/tag/academy-records" target="_blank">#AcademyRecords</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://goatless.org/tag/arville-harris" target="_blank">#ArvilleHarris</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://goatless.org/tag/bessie-smith" target="_blank">#BessieSmith</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://goatless.org/tag/charlie-green" target="_blank">#CharlieGreen</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://goatless.org/tag/clarence-williams" target="_blank">#ClarenceWilliams</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://goatless.org/tag/columbia" target="_blank">#Columbia</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://goatless.org/tag/cyrus-st-clair" target="_blank">#CyrusStClair</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://goatless.org/tag/don-redman" target="_blank">#DonRedman</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://goatless.org/tag/ed-allen" target="_blank">#EdAllen</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://goatless.org/tag/eddie-lang" target="_blank">#EddieLang</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://goatless.org/tag/fletcher-henderson" target="_blank">#FletcherHenderson</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://goatless.org/tag/garvin-bushnell" target="_blank">#GarvinBushnell</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://goatless.org/tag/irving-johns" target="_blank">#IrvingJohns</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://goatless.org/tag/james-price-johnson" target="_blank">#JamesPriceJohnson</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://goatless.org/tag/jimmy-jones" target="_blank">#JimmyJones</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://goatless.org/tag/larry-hiller" target="_blank">#LarryHiller</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://goatless.org/tag/nyc" target="_blank">#NYC</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://goatless.org/tag/vinyl" target="_blank">#vinyl</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://goatless.org/tag/vinylcollection" target="_blank">#vinylcollection</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://goatless.org/tag/vinylfinds" target="_blank">#vinylfinds</a></p>
Assoc for Scottish Literature<p>As a young black girl growing up in Glasgow, Jackie Kay found in Bessie someone with whom she could identify &amp; who she could idolise. Kay mixes biography, fiction, poetry &amp; prose to create an enthralling account of an extraordinary life</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ICZIxOmfQLc" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=ICZIxOmfQL</span><span class="invisible">c</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Scottish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Scottish</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/literature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>literature</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/poem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>poem</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/poetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>poetry</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/music" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>music</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/song" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>song</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/singing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>singing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/BessieSmith" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BessieSmith</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/InternationalWomenInMusicDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>InternationalWomenInMusicDay</span></a></p>
Assoc for Scottish Literature<p>There are some stones that open in the night like flowers<br>Down in the red graveyard where Bessie haunts her lovers…</p><p>—Jackie Kay, “The Red Graveyard”<br>published in OTHER LOVERS (Bloodaxe, 1993)</p><p>Jackie Kay’s biography of Bessie Smith was published by Faber in 2021: <br><a href="https://www.faber.co.uk/product/9780571362929-bessie-smith/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">faber.co.uk/product/9780571362</span><span class="invisible">929-bessie-smith/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Scottish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Scottish</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/literature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>literature</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/poem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>poem</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/poetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>poetry</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/music" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>music</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/song" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>song</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/singing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>singing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/BessieSmith" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BessieSmith</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/InternationalWomenInMusicDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>InternationalWomenInMusicDay</span></a></p>
Dr. Dani Sanchez<p>Miss Bessie Smith AKA “The Empress of the Blues “(April 15, 1894 – September 26, 1937) was a protégé and sometimes lover of Ma Rainey’s when they toured together in the 1920s. Here’s 1927’s “Back Water Blues” (<a href="https://youtu.be/4gXShOJVwaM?si=gymkthC_PP9RwdMx" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">youtu.be/4gXShOJVwaM?si=gymkth</span><span class="invisible">C_PP9RwdMx</span></a>)<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RetroView" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RetroView</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MaRainey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MaRainey</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BessieSmith" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BessieSmith</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/blues" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>blues</span></a></p>
Mark A. ⏏️ {FalconMarkSix}<p><a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/ThursdayFiveList" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ThursdayFiveList</span></a> <br>Theme: <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/5Under3" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>5Under3</span></a> / <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://lgbtqia.space/@aspeed" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>aspeed</span></a></span> </p><p>5 <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/Blues" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Blues</span></a> songs under 3 minutes. 🎶</p><p>Washboard Sam - Bucket's Got A Hole In It<br><a href="https://song.link/i/77866383" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">song.link/i/77866383</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br><a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/WashboardSam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WashboardSam</span></a></p><p>Bertha "Chippie" Hill - Trouble In Mind<br><a href="https://song.link/i/943421623" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">song.link/i/943421623</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br><a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/BerthaHill" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BerthaHill</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/BerthaChippieHill" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BerthaChippieHill</span></a> </p><p>Bessie Smith - Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out<br><a href="https://song.link/i/202211931" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">song.link/i/202211931</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br><a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/BessieSmith" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BessieSmith</span></a></p><p>Robert Petway - Catfish Blues<br><a href="https://song.link/i/534331423" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">song.link/i/534331423</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br><a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/RobertPetway" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RobertPetway</span></a></p><p>Studebaker John &amp; The Hawks - Come On<br><a href="https://song.link/i/423280628" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">song.link/i/423280628</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br><a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/ChicagoBlues" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ChicagoBlues</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/StudebakerJohn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StudebakerJohn</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/StudebakerJohnAndTheHawks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StudebakerJohnAndTheHawks</span></a></p><p><a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/Music" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Music</span></a></p>
D.C. May "Froggy"<p>Bessie Smith &amp; Louis Armstrong recorded the Saint Louis Blues 14 January 1924, 100 years ago today.</p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/1TaR-SolCBI" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">youtu.be/1TaR-SolCBI</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://jazztodon.com/tags/100YearsAgo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>100YearsAgo</span></a> <a href="https://jazztodon.com/tags/LouisArmstrong" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LouisArmstrong</span></a> <a href="https://jazztodon.com/tags/BessieSmith" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BessieSmith</span></a></p>
leoravera<p>Louis Armstrong è stato il principale protagonista di una rivoluzione, il primo grande solista nella storia del jazz. Successivamente si è dedicato molto allo "show business", forse anche troppo (secondo alcuni).</p><p>Ma in questi anni faceva musica innovativa<br>Leggi di più 👉<a href="https://go.leoravera.it/3YzLwds" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">go.leoravera.it/3YzLwds</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BessieSmith" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BessieSmith</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LouisArmstrong" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LouisArmstrong</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Jazz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Jazz</span></a><br><a href="https://go.leoravera.it/3YzLwds" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">go.leoravera.it/3YzLwds</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
settima<p><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/bales2024filmchallenge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bales2024filmchallenge</span></a> </p><p>December 20: a <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/film" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>film</span></a> featuring rhythm and blues, funk, or <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/blues" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>blues</span></a> for Walter "Wolfman" Washington's birthday (1943)</p><p>St. Louis Blues (Dudley Murphy, 1929) <a href="https://write.underworld.fr/settima/st-louis-blues-1929" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">write.underworld.fr/settima/st</span><span class="invisible">-louis-blues-1929</span></a></p><p>Available in full here: <a href="https://yewtu.be/watch?v=hdoRQ2iqh8I" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">yewtu.be/watch?v=hdoRQ2iqh8I</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/DudleyMurphy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DudleyMurphy</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/BessieSmith" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BessieSmith</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/WCHandy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WCHandy</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/ShortFilm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ShortFilm</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/cinemastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cinemastodon</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/HarlemRenaissance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HarlemRenaissance</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/BlackCulture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BlackCulture</span></a></p>
Judy Olo 🚫⚠️kakistocracy🌊<p>And I began to fall so low.... nobody knows you.... In your pocket, not one penny<br>And as for friends, you don't have any<br><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/BessieSmith" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BessieSmith</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kxTyV_cBz7o&amp;list=RDkxTyV_cBz7o&amp;start_radio=1" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=kxTyV_cBz7</span><span class="invisible">o&amp;list=RDkxTyV_cBz7o&amp;start_radio=1</span></a></p>
Boomerissimo.it<p>La liberazione sessuale, con cinquant’anni di anticipo.<br>Se non conoscete Bessie Smith, conoscetela.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.uno/tags/boomerissimo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>boomerissimo</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.uno/tags/jazz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>jazz</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.uno/tags/blues" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>blues</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.uno/tags/bessiesmith" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bessiesmith</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.uno/tags/womenempowerment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>womenempowerment</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.uno/tags/UnoRadio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UnoRadio</span></a></p><p><a href="https://boomerissimo.it/2023/04/19/bessie-smith-la-donna-che-ha-liberato-le-donne-50-anni-prima/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">boomerissimo.it/2023/04/19/bes</span><span class="invisible">sie-smith-la-donna-che-ha-liberato-le-donne-50-anni-prima/</span></a></p>
Roman ALAN<p>Friday 4 October 2024 features a "Weather" theme for Jukebox Friday Night, and here is one of my favourite versions of Bessie Smith's "Backwater Blues".</p><p>If you've heard this before, don't stop me.</p><p>B. B. King, "Backwater Blues" (2008)</p><p>"When it's thunderin' and lightnin'<br>And the wind begin to blow<br>There are so many poor people<br>That didn't have no place to go …"</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IM3RAD4f6XQ" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=IM3RAD4f6X</span><span class="invisible">Q</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/JukeboxFridayNight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JukeboxFridayNight</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/Weather" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Weather</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/BBKing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BBKing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/BessieSmith" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BessieSmith</span></a></p>
50+ Music<p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/OnThisDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OnThisDay</span></a> in 1937, <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/BessieSmith" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BessieSmith</span></a>, American blues singer known as the "Empress of the Blues" (recorded over 200 songs), died of injuries sustained in car crash at 43. 𓆩♡𓆪<br><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/RIP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RIP</span></a></p>
Chess Soul<p><a href="https://todon.eu/tags/TuneTuesday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TuneTuesday</span></a> <br><a href="https://todon.eu/tags/FoodGloriousFood" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FoodGloriousFood</span></a></p><p>"I need a little sugar in my 🥣 <br>I need a little 🌭between my rolls<br>You gettin' different, I've been told<br>Move your finger, drop something in my bowl" (1931)</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m6WC-XesIJ0" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=m6WC-XesIJ</span><span class="invisible">0</span></a></p><p><a href="https://todon.eu/tags/DirtyBlues" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DirtyBlues</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/BessieSmith" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BessieSmith</span></a></p>