Then see if I care : a childhood for Bessie Smith / by Willard David Crittendon. [1993]

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Then see if I care : a childhood for Bessie Smith / by Willard David Crittendon. [1993]

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/704272313

451 leaves ; 29 cm.

Texas A&M University, Evans Library & Annex; Main campus library complex

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SNAC Resource ID: 8031712

Texas A&M University, Evans Library & Annex; Main campus library complex

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Smith, Bessie, 1894-1837

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Crittendon, Willard David.

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Rainey, Ma, 1886-1939

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Ma Rainey (b. Gertrude Pridgett, April 26, 1886, Columbus, GA-d. Dec. 22, 1939, Rome, GA) was one of the earliest African-American professional blues singers and one of the first generation of blues singers to record. She was first exposed to blues music around 1902 and soon after formed the Alabama Fun Makers Company with her husband, Will Rainey. In 1906, both joined Pat Chappelle's Rabbit's Foot Company. Ma Rainey was discovered by Paramount Records producer J. Mayo Williams in 1923, signed a...