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    Who was the Empress of the blues?

    Question #110033. Asked by snuiteke. (Oct 21 09 8:44 PM)


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    		Bessie Smith, the "Empress of the Blues" as she was called at the time, was a powerful, strong-willed woman who made her mark in history through singing the blues in the 1920s and 30s.

    http://www.library.csi.cuny.edu/dept/history/lavender/386/bsmith.html

    Oct 21 09, 8:47 PM

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