Bessie Smith Quotes
When my bed is empty, Makes me feel awful mean and blue. My springs are getting rusty, Living single like I do.
Citations
Smith, Bessie. "Empty Bed Blues." Columbia, 1928.
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Bessie Smith was an American blues singer widely renowned during the Jazz Age. Nicknamed the "Empress of the Blues", she was the most popular female blues singer of the 1920s and 1930s. She is often regarded as one of the greatest singers of her era and was a major influence on fellow blues singers, as well as jazz vocalists.