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Maximo_Park 'The Kids Are Sick Again'

Maximo_Park 'The Kids Are Sick Again'

Paul Smith and co perform 'The Kids Are Sick Again' in the studio.

Maximo Park Video Exclusive 'Questing, Not Coasting'

Maximo Park Video Exclusive 'Questing, Not Coasting'

Paul Smith and co weather the storm in their new promo to 'Questing, Not Coasting'.

Editors: ' Papillon' - New Video

Editors: ' Papillon' - New Video

Take a sprint with Tom Smith and co in the excellent new video to 'Papillon'.

Editors' Tom Smith For Youth Music

Editors' Tom Smith For Youth Music

Shot by photographer Rankin - Editors' singer Tom Smith explains how his love for guitar music began, while trying to look as evil as possible. To find out more about the project and special live events visit...

Shockwaves NME Awards 2009 - The Cure - Godlike Genius

Shockwaves NME Awards 2009 - The Cure - Godlike Genius

Robert Smith talks backstage at the Shockwaves NME Awards 2009 about The Cure winning the Godlike Genius Award.

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Bessie Smith - St. Louis Blues (1929)

Bessie Smith - St. Louis Blues (1929) (04:25)

THE EMPRESS OF THE BLUES - Bessie Smith (July 9, 1892 or April 15, 1894 — September 26, 1937) was an American blues singer. Miss Bessie Smith was the most popular female blues singer of the 1920s and 1930s, she is...

Bessie Smith -- Baby Won't You Please Come Home 1923

Bessie Smith -- Baby Won't You Please Come Home 1923 (03:01)

Bessie Smith -- Baby Won't You Please Come Home 1923 Bessie Smith (1892 or 1894 --1937) was the most popular and successful female American blues singer of the 1920s and 1930s, and a strong influence on subsequent...

Bessie Smith (Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out, 1929) Jazz Legend

Bessie Smith (Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out, 1929) Jazz Legend (03:04)

BLIND BLAKE GUITAR LESSONS playblindblake.com ' Dancin' Inside DVD ' "How to Play Blind Blake exactly as Blake played it ! " "Comment jouer du Blind Blake excactement comme lui ! " = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =...

Norah Jones- Bessie Smith

Norah Jones- Bessie Smith (04:01)

a very good song original sang by "the band" this is the version of norah jones in the house of blues of new orleans

Bessie Smith - Do Your Duty

Bessie Smith - Do Your Duty (03:27)

Bessie Smith (1892 - 1937) was a rough, crude, violent woman. She was also the greatest of the classic Blues singers of the 1920s. Bessie started out as a street musician in Chattanooga. In 1912 Bessie joined a...

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Bessie Smith Biography

Bessie Smith (April 15, 1894 - September 26, 1937) was an American blues singer.

Sometimes referred to as "The Empress of the Blues", Smith 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 along with Louis Armstrong, a major influence on subsequent jazz vocalists.

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Bessie Smith's Best Songs

  • 1. Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out
  • 2. St. Louis Blues
  • 3. Me and My Gin
  • 4. Do Your Duty
  • 5. Alexander's Ragtime Band
  • 6. Back Water Blues
  • 7. A Good Man Is Hard to Find
  • 8. Careless Love Blues
  • 9. Careless Love
  • 10. Kitchen Man
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