The Vinyl Countdown # 881
Bessie Smith, The Bessie Smith Collection: 20 Golden Greats (1984)
You learn about these names, you read about them – hear people mention them, nowadays the internet assists. I have no idea how/when/why I first heard of Bessie Smith but I do know that I heard of her before I heard her, probably around the same time, and in the same way as with Robert Jo…
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