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• Died On This Date (December 22, 1939) Ma Rainey

  
  The Music's Over — Authority: 142
  Gertrude “Ma” RaineySeptember, 1882 or April 26, 1886 – December 22, 1939Called the Mother of the Blues, Ma Rainey was one of it’s earliest stars as well as one of it’s first generation to record.  She was a direct influence on Bessie Smith and no doubt, countless more.   She began her music career as a ...
  5 days ago

• Appointments to commissions announced

  
  The Zimbabwe Times — Authority: 141
  President Mugabe consulted for four months on commissions By Our Correspondent HARARE – Godfrey Majonga a popular television personality until a freak accident which rendered him wheel-chair-bound cut his media career mid-stream has been appointed to head the long-awaited Zimbabwe Media Commission. Majonga fell ...
  6 days ago

• Blues Standards : Aint Nobodys Business

  
  River's Invitation — Authority: 106
  Bessie Smith - Taint Nobodys Bizness If I Do ( buy ) (1923) Jimmy Witherspoon - Aint Nobodys Business ( buy ) (1947) Heres one of these blues standards that was sung by almost everybody. If you think its by Eric Clapton, youre wrong (again)... The theme of this song is universal and holds in the title : its ...
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• BILLIE HOLIDAY, SEEN

  
  Jazz Lives — Authority: 129
  Most photographs of Billie Holiday show her as beautiful, whether thin or overweight, dressed ornately or plainly.  Often she looks mournful.  Of course it is hard to say what her unposed expressions were like.  Did the photographer ask her to strike a pose, or to think of STRANGE FRUIT?  I prefer to recall a ...
  1 week ago

• Bessie Smith - 1927-28 (The Chronological Classics, 870)

  
  REGLAME ESTA NOCHE — Authority: 139
  By request. 01 - After Youve Gone (Creamer, Layton) 02 - Alexanders Ragtime Band (Berlin) 03 - Muddy Water [A Mississippi Moon] (DeRose, Richman, Traditional, Trent) 04 - Therell Be a Hot Time in the Old Town Tonight (Hayden, Metz) 05 - Trombone Cholly (Brooks) 06 - Send Me to the Lectric Chair (Brooks) 07 - Thems ...
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• 7 Most Mind-Blowing She-Daredevils in History

  
  Environmental Graffiti — Authority: 587
  There’s no more stirring a spectacle than women performing hair-raising feats of daring, endeavour and endurance, while the audience looks on, awestruck. From tightrope walkers and acrobats, to barnstormers and stuntwomen, the she-daredevils of yesteryear held a standing to which few today can... This is just a ...
  2 weeks ago

• Meet Fab Do-Gooder, Bessie Winn-Afeku

  
  The Fabulous Giver — Authority: 117
  I’ve had the opportunity to come across so many great people within the past year. Even if I’ve never met them in person, there are certain people that I have a connection to, especially if they share the same life outlook or passion for bettering their community. So, when I first “met” Bessie Winn-Afeku ...
  2 weeks ago

• Look At This!!

  
  Richardson Zoo — Authority: 123
  My dog friend, Bessie, enjoyed being on my blogs so much, that she sent this to me yesterday afternoon. Bessie enjoying my dog blog, The Fiesty Three and Family Bessie and her family are just toooo much!
  3 weeks ago

• Almost Wordless Wednesday: Christmas Friends Day 2

  
  Richardson Zoo — Authority: 123
  This is my beautiful friend, Bessie. Bessie is also a Rat Terrier and lives in North Carolina with her pawrents. Bessie is quite photogenic and has LOTS of good pictures. Look for her to be a regular on both my blogs!
  3 weeks ago

• Careless Love

  
  Amazing Grace — Authority: 103
  Love, oh, love, oh careless love Love, oh, love, oh careless love Love, oh, love, oh careless love You see what careless love can do.     - traditional Ill never cry for you again! Who hasnt told that sweet, sad little lie to himself?  Oh careless love! In Great Expectations , my favourite among the many ...
  3 weeks ago

• The Roadhouse 248

  
  The Roadhouse — Authority: 109
  The 248th Roadhouse cuts a wide swath through the varying styles of blues. Elvin Bishop, Harrison Kennedy, Bessie Smith, Arthur Adams, and JJ Grey represent a lineup that’s diverse style, in era and in feel. Though there’s no real theme in this edition, it is, as always, another hour of the finest blues you’ve ...
  5 weeks ago

• Sadie’s Sisters

  
  Appellation Mountain — Authority: 129
  I’ll admit it.  I would never, in a month of Sundays, put Sadie on my daughter’s birth certificate.  It would be Sarah , thanks very much, just in case she grows up to run for office or take up brain surgery or otherwise wants to sound like a mature, serious adult. I’m not necessarily in the majority.  ...
  5 weeks ago

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