Bessie Smith: A RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK by Jackie Kay

Bessie Smith: A RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK

Jackie Kay

208 pages first pub 1997 (editions)

nonfiction biography memoir music informative reflective slow-paced
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Scotland's National Poet Jackie Kay brings to life the tempestuous story of the greatest blues singer who ever lived. BESSIE SMITH was born in Tennessee in 1894. Orphaned by the age of nine, she sang on street corners before becoming a big name in...

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