He started playing professionally in a sporting house, and then progressed to rent parties, bars and vaudeville. The story behind the song composed by bessie smith and recorded by her on 17 february 1927, has. Bessie smith songs downhearted blues by the early 1920s, smith had settled down and was living in philadelphia, and in 1923 she met and married a man named jack gee. Blue train blues ticket agent take your window down 26. When it rains five days and the skies turn dark as night when it rains five days and the skies turn dark as night then troubles takin plac.
Check out backwater blues by bessie smith on amazon music. The song backwater blues is a blues and jazz standard. Listen backwater blues bessie smith mp3 songs free online by big bill broonzy. The song has long been associated with the great mississippi flood of 1927. One thinks of mabel smith and ma rainey in that regard. Download and print backwater blues piano sheet music by bessie smith. Listen to all your favourite artists on any device for free or try the premium trial. Print and download backwater blues sheet music by bessie smith. How bessie smith influenced a century of popular music. Bessie smith backwater blues sheet music pdf notes. Backwater blues lyrical analysis backwater blues bessie smith recorded shortly before the 1927 floods that devastated the mississippi river valley, bessie smith had written back water blues in sympathy with flood victims shed encountered near cincinnati months earlier, who, the story goes, asked her to bear witness to their pain. Feb 12, 2018 bessie smith april 15, 1894 september 26, 1937 was an american blues singer. Listen to your favorite songs from bessie smith sings them dirty blues by bessie smith now. Johnson was an important transitional figure between ragtime and jazz piano styles.
It was written by bessie smith, and recorded under the title backwater blues by. Download bessie smith backwater blues sheet music notes and chords for piano, vocal. She would continue her recording career until 1933, leaving us with a total of 160 songs. Known as queen of the blues and empress of the blues. A free powerpoint ppt presentation displayed as a flash slide show on id. When it rained five days and the sky turned dark as night when it rained five days and the sky turned dark as night then troubles takin place in the lowlands at night i. Feb 26, 2020 bessie smith songs downhearted blues by the early 1920s, smith had settled down and was living in philadelphia, and in 1923 she met and married a man named jack gee. Bessie smith 1 bessie smith by, katherina spence 2 background. Music of bessie smith stefan grossmans guitar workshop.
Bessie smith is the bestknown of the female classic blues or city blues singers from the 1910s and 1920s others include ma rainey, ethel waters, clara smith, and mamie smith. Join napster and access fulllength songs on your phone, computer or home audio device. William smith father laura smith mother orphaned as a child and raised by her oldest sister viola. Bessie smith april 15, 1894 september 26, 1937 was an american blues singer. Jun 03, 2009 from my original 78rpm disk, not from a cd. We and our partners use cookies to personalize your experience, to show you ads based on your interests, and for measurement and analytics purposes. Bessie smith april 15, 1894 september 26, 1937 was an american blues singer widely renowned during the jazz age. Oct 23, 2010 bessie smith is the bestknown of the female classic blues or city blues singers from the 1910s and 1920s others include ma rainey, ethel waters, clara smith, and mamie smith.
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She is often regarded as one of the greatest singers of her era and was a major influence on other jazz singers. Choose from bessie smith sheet music for such popular songs as nobody knows you when youre down and out, cant help lovin dat man, and backwater blues. Bessie did not have an available education because her parents had died and her elder sister was taking care of her. Send me to the lectric chair by bessie smith on bessies best. Aug 05, 2019 how bessie smith influenced a century of popular music bessie smith s songs are tales of liberated women who are not afraid to speak openly about what they want, what they need and what they are. Bessie smiths backwater blues 99 had become widely known as the empress of the blues. Nicknamed the empress of the blues, smith was the most popular female blues singer of the 1920s and 1930s. It was written by bessie smith, and recorded by her vocals and james p. Jul 07, 2010 listen to your favorite songs from bessie smith sings them dirty blues by bessie smith now.
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