Bessie Smith was the Madonna of her day.

贝西•史密斯是她那个时代的麦当娜。

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Bessie Smith was an incomparable singer in her days.

贝西·史密斯在她那个时代，是一个无与伦比的歌手。

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Peyroux has said that the great blues singers Billie Holiday and Bessie Smith still help shape her identity.

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They include Ella Fitzgerald, Duke Ellington,Bessie Smith, Billie Holiday,Lionel Hampton and Herbie Hancock.

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She heard Bessie Smith sing the blues.

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It is best known as the former black hospital where Bessie Smith, the greatest blueswoman, died following a car crash in 1937.

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The two performances by Bessie Smith may puzzle devotees both come from her somewhat rough-voiced sessions in the 1930s, instead of her majestic work in the 1920s.

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It was even more popular and influential than its predecessor and it went on to become a jazz standard played by musicians such as Louis Armstrong, Count Basie and, the queen of 1920s blues, Bessie Smith.

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