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FreddyHeadey	Happy! - Apr 15 (Bessie Smith) (6)	RE: Happy! - Apr 15 (Bessie Smith)	09 Sep 24
Great Lives - BBC Radio4 - September 2024 Jo Brand picks American blues singer Bessie Smith Who are the greatest characters in history? Today - comedian Jo Brand picks Bessie Smith. Bessie Smith was born in 1894 in Chatanooga, Tennessee and orphaned by the time she was 9. She lived, breathed and sang the blues. Known for hits like Downhearted Blues and Tain't Nobody's Bizness If I Do, she was an incredibly powerful and trailblazing singer. Picking her for her attitude more than anything is the comedian Jo Brand; "She behaved appallingly sometimes, and secretly I quite admire that". Joining Jo is Jackie Kay, a Bessie Smith fangirl since the age of 12 and author of Bessie Smith: singer, icon, pioneer. The presenter is Matthew Parris and the producer for BBC Studios Audio is Ellie Richold.

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