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Bessie Smith siblings: Meet Viola Smith, Clarence Smith, Lulu Smith, Tinnie Smith, Bud Smith, Andrew

American blues singer Bessie Smith was well-known and lived from April 15, 1894, through September 26, 1937. The most well-known female blues musician of the 1930s, she was regarded as the “Empress of the Blues.”

She was one of the best vocalists of her day and had a big influence on jazz and blues performers alike. In 1989, she was admitted to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

Bessie Smith siblings: Meet Viola Smith, Clarence Smith, Lulu Smith, Tinnie Smith, Bud Smith, Andrew Smith

Smith, a native of Tennessee who was just a young child when her parents died, and her six siblings earned a living by performing on street corners. Before going solo, she first traveled and performed with a group that also included Ma Rainey.

She had a successful recording career with Columbia Records in 1923, but her singing career came to an end when she was killed in an automobile accident at the age of 43.

There are six known members of her family: Viola Smith, Clarence Smith, Lulu Smith, Tinnie Smith, Bud Smith, and Andrew Smith.

Not enough details are known about them. We are interested in learning more about Bessie in the interim.

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