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Bessie Smith and Bernardine Mitchell Meet In The Middle
; ...Washington Informer 05-17-1995 Bessie Smith and Bernardine Mitchell Meet In...lives of the legendary blues singer Bessie Smith, and the star of the show Bernardine...birthday. A few songs later Bern IS Bessie Smith in the Magnolia Theatre circa 1920...
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BESSIE'S BLUES: Bringing the wild energy of Bessie Smith to life on the local stage
; rustymarks@wvgazette.com Bessie Smith called her own shots. Doris Fields...the Empress," her hourlong tribute to Smith, at 7 p.m. Saturday in the Davis Fine...Born at the end of the 19th century, Smith grew up in a time of segregation and...
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Heavens to Bessie! Shirley Witherspoon feeling fine and back on stage as singer Smith.(ENTERTAINMENT)
; ...discussed her upcoming role as Bessie Smith in Theatre Latte Da's production of Edward Albee's The Death of Bessie Smith. It will mark Witherspoon's most...show that sets the play within a Bessie Smith cabaret gig, using her songs to...
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City Sings the Blues; Chattanooga's Bessie Smith Hall: A Star That Never Was
; After 10 years and $4.3 million, Bessie Smith Hall is nothing more than a shell...time around." Plans called for a Bessie Smith exhibit, tracing her life and career...studied Smith's life. Today is the Bessie Smith Strut, an event honoring the singer...
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THEATRE UNBOUNDED TACKLES STRONG STUFF; PRODUCTION FEATURES "THE DEATH OF BESSIE SMITH" AND FOUR PLAYS BY DONNA STUCCIO.(CNY)
; ...bee's 1959 one-act play The Death of Bessie Smith, based on the demise of the legendary...this production is most evident in Bessie Smith and the last of Stuccio's pieces, Twenty and Out. The Death of Bessie Smith, directed by Linda Lance, is more...
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Holliday sings `Downhearted Blues' of Bessie Smith
; ...Holliday sings `Downhearted Blues' of Bessie Smith "Downhearted Blues -- The Life and Music of Bessie Smith," written by and starring Jennifer...Blues -- The Life and Music of Bessie Smith" is a new one-act play with music...
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Chattanooga Times/Free Press, Tenn., Ben Doak column: At last, it's time to step out for the Bessie Smith Strut.(Column)
; ...Chattanooga, I have not once attended the Bessie Smith Strut. In the past, I've always...I'm much too young to remember Bessie Smith, and the idea of walking beneath...began asking questions. Who is Bessie Smith? Why do we have a strut? How could...
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Bessie Smith hit with `Blues' in 1923
; ...backed with "Down Hearted Blues," by Bessie Smith. This 78 r.p.m. single was issued...picked up the date, Aug. 11, 1908. Bessie Smith was born April 15, 1895, and would...pre-war blues and jazz records by Bessie Smith is $25 to $50. Q. In my collection...
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Jazz orchestra to salute blues pioneer Bessie Smith
; ...engagement of the 2007-08 season, "Bessie's Bathhouse Blues." The tribute to blues pioneer Bessie Smith will be held tonight through...Fame. Seventy-one years after Smith's death in 1937, her influence...Braden said. "I do a show on Bessie called "The Devil's Music: The Life and Blues of ...
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BESSIE L. SMITH.(LOCAL)
; NORFOLK -- Bessie L. Smith, 78, of Norfolk, died Sept. 7, 1996, in Sentara Bayside Hospital. Mrs. Smith was born in Currituck, N.C., and was...housewife and the widow of Lloyd Milton Smith. Survivors include a son, Marvin L. Smith...
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