Bessie Smith Birthday – Bessie Smith was born on April 15, 1894 in Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA. Her family was poor, and she began singing on the streets to help support them.
She got her start in music by performing in traveling shows and tent revues in the early 1900s. In 1923, she signed a recording contract with Columbia Records, and her first release, “Downhearted Blues,” became a huge success. Smith’s powerful voice and emotive style of singing made her one of the most popular and successful blues singers of the 1920s and 1930s. She also had a successful career as a stage performer and actress. Smith died tragically in a car accident on September 26, 1937.
Bessie Smith shares a birthday with these jazz musicians:
- Ben Cohen
- Billy Pod
- Brinae Ali
- Broto Roy
- Candace Freeman
- Carol Fredette
- Chris Klich
- Christer Fredriksen
- Craig T. Raisner
- Daniel Kassell
- Daniel Ögren
- Gene Cherico
- Gerald Gradwohl
- Gisele
- Heather Bennett
- Herb Pomeroy
- Jeff Golub
- Jinjoo Yoo
- John Blum
- John Purcell
- Juozas Milašius
- Kathrine Becker
- Ken Greves
- Kristina Brozicevic
- Liam Leahy
- Marcelo Monteiro
- Marquis Hill
- Michelle Lordi
- Milton Suggs
- Nicole Vieira
- Pau Viguer
- Paul Booth
- Paul Gerni
- Richard Davis
- Rod Williams
- Sonia Edgy
- Susanne Alt
- Sy Johnson
- Szandra Szoke
- Vassilis Podaras
- Warren Hill
- Yvette Norwood-Tiger