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Bessie Smith - Do Your Duty

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Elmer Snail commented on 27 Aug 2012

No doubt about it when she sings "if you want to have some luck give your baby your last F*ck ,,,, " (she did not say "buck") ... she was getting no royalties on her last sides for Okeh (the recording company that had refused her a contract 10 years earlier after rejecting her audition record) and she was paid a pittance. The big mystery is why she did record for other companies after her Columbia contract expired? Victoria Spivey, as an example, NEVER stopped recording from 1926 on.

Tryreadme commented on 04 Jan 2009

She wasn't refused from a closer hospital. The accident took place outside Coahoma, a town which was too small to have it's own hospital, the next closest town with a hospital was Clarksdale, Mississippi, where she was taken to. The story about her being rejected from a whites-only hospital was propaganda that got out of hand, and became so-called 'history'.

OnThisDayInHistory commented on 26 Sep 2008

Sep 26 1937 The Empress of the Blues, Bessie Smith, sustains grave injuries in a traffic accident on US Highway 61. She is taken to a colored hospital in Clarksdale, Mississippi and her arm amputated. Smith dies later that day from blood loss. According to legend, Bessie had been refused treatment by a closer, whites-only hospital.

Maruna Junttila commented on 19 Mar 2012

@MrMikenotts01 You are lucky having your mother with you. I lost my father New Years Eve 2010 at his age 95 yrs. What a great, great man he was. He also was going strong. I miss my father so much. It seems people their generation are those old tartrees. Nothing pulls them down until the final day comes. People today are weaker.

Don Spear commented on 22 May 2010

Damn it, I'm 80 and trying to respond to this recording. I was introduced to Bessie in 1950 with this recording which we played over and over. She's a one and only. Listen to her background musicians; I don't think such a combination of excellence has has ever been duplicated.

John B commented on 25 Aug 2010

@ponderingpundit - Thanks, pondering, for the personnel. Frankie Newton is one of the great, forgotten trumpeters of the Swing Era. Actually, I prefer Bessie's recordings with the great trumpeter/cornetist Joe Smith, but Bessie shines thru ANY recording, very much.

ws3423 commented on 07 Jun 2013

greatest of all-time! dead, because she was driven to the wrong (black?) hospital..no wonder janis bought her a headstone! also, who says she was rough, crude, or violent?! she was a pre-eminent genius who influenced billie holiday & countless others..lmao! peace

theoriginalbadbob commented on 21 Sep 2010

Bessie's last recordings, including "Gimme a Pigfoot," were recorded in a particular studio in New York City on a Friday. The following Monday, Billie Holiday recorded her very first sides in the same studio. Benny Goodman was with Billie, as well.

Don Spear commented on 20 Jun 2010

@bopsieboy No wonder! Here they are: Frank Newton, trumpet; Jack Teagarden, trombone; Benny Goodman, clarinet; Chu Berry, tenor sax; Buck Washington, piano; Bobby Johnson, guitar: Billy Taylor, string bass, recorded NY on 11-24-1933 OKeh records.

Deborah Dessaso commented on 25 Aug 2012

So we think today's music is blunt and raunchy? Bessie Smith was light years ahead of many of today's "explicit" lyrics--and she did it with class so that what she said probably went over the heads of many conventional listeners.

Don Spear commented on 01 Nov 2010

Yes ~ way. I'll be 81 this month; 17th to be exact for those who care to send flowers, cards, or other mementos such as cash. Bessie may have had character flaws but she still is the greatest.

Don Galloway commented on 04 Mar 2009

oh my gosh. i love her and her music. im working on a report about her, thats what lead me here. she was a powerful women who came from a life with little hope and made herself into a legend.

oker59 commented on 03 Aug 2011

Bessie Smith was violent? Never heard of that before! I've read various things from the liner notes in my Bessie Smith box sets to the wiki; and, I don't recall anyboyd quite indicating that!

Roger Winter commented on 03 Sep 2010

[Listen to her background musicians; I don't think such a combination of excellence has has ever been duplicated.] I have the Album the musician are superb just isolate each one & listern

Mo W commented on 24 Oct 2008

This picture is absolutely GORGEOUS.Didnt she spit on somebody?? She was a bisexual too huh? lol she was a cutee in this pic but the others were a bit different. LEGENDARY.SWEETNESS

John Lonergan commented on 29 May 2009

do you know who sang taint nobody's business on the lady sings the blues soundtrack?: it was neither bessie nor billie, and certainly not ross. was just wondering if you knew.

joestuffsda commented on 17 May 2013

I recommend the book "Blues Legacies and Black Feminism" by Angela Y. Davis where she writes excellent about Gertrude "ma" Rainey, Bessie Smith, and Billie Holiday.

Figlio SanChirico commented on 22 Oct 2015

Go ahead on woman!!! She said get over here and do what I NEED you to do!!! Bessie Smith was no friggin JOKE!! American Treasure for sure!!

DarqueBeauty commented on 29 Jan 2009

Well consider yourself blessed to have such talent run in your family. Maybe later on down the line, it will make an appearance again! :)

leitros commented on 14 Sep 2013

I wish there were more than 4 sides of Bessie with a great swing band. What she could have done through the 40's had she lived.

ws3423 commented on 07 Jun 2013

so true! but she wouldn't have said ish if people--her listeners!--didn't get what was going on & being said! peace

couturesixfour commented on 15 Nov 2009

T.O.B.A. was phrased Toung On Black Asses for the ill treatment of black performers!! i love Bessie...not Bess-y...

dua72 commented on 18 Sep 2010

@NathalieVicious .Tell it I was thinking the same thing. It could at least be a TV movie on TVone or Lifetime!

DarqueBeauty commented on 28 Jan 2009

Seriously?? Wow...any other talented people in your family because this woman was amazing!

Lechekoopa commented on 21 Aug 2010

Bessie makes me feel like living my life more. Thank you, Bessie. Bless your grand soul.

Corrie121 commented on 06 Oct 2008

Fantastic!!! This one goes straight to my favourites. Sincere thanks for posting.

Rosebud12345678 commented on 25 Jun 2009

Why is Smith such a popular last name? Answer: Because they like to fuck a lot.

KhemuLuxons commented on 17 Nov 2009

Correction, she had an adopted son, he might be the descendant of this son.

Perez Prada commented on 16 Apr 2010

Is ANYONE in Hollywood ever gonna make a movie about this fabulous woman?

Don Spear commented on 22 Dec 2010

@RayWilliamJohansen No longer, I'm 81 now! And still playing Bessie.

bopsieboy commented on 09 Jun 2010

@ponderingpundit Absolutely, the background musicians are awesome!!

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