Empress Of The Blues
by Bessie Smith

Empress Of The Blues by Bessie Smith
Year: 1940
Overall rank: 8,317th   
Average Rating: 
71/100 (from 24 votes)
     
Accolades:
Award Top 5 albums of 1940 (3rd)
Award Top 50 albums of the 1940s (22nd)
Award Best albums of all time (8,317th)

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Empress Of The Blues is ranked as the best album by Bessie Smith.

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Overall rank: 8,317th | 1940s rank: 22nd | 1940 rank: 3rd

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71/100 (from 24 votes)
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Pepita de ouro da lama do racismo. Ensinou como o americano a cantar o blues.
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Young Woman's Blues
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Best Albums of 1940
1. Dust Bowl Ballads - Volume 1 by Woody Guthrie
2. Dust Bowl Ballads - Volume 2 by Woody Guthrie
3. Empress Of The Blues by Bessie Smith
4. King Louis by Louis Armstrong
5. Arnold Schoenberg: Pierrot Lunaire by Arnold Schoenberg / Erika Stiedry-Wagner / Stefan Auber / Kalman Bloch / Leonard Posella / Eduard Steuermann / Rudolf Kolisch
6. Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 2 In C Minor by Leopold Stokowski / Philadelphia Orchestra / Sergei Rachmaninov
7. Blues On Parade by Woody Herman And His Orchestra
8. Marlene Dietrich by Marlene Dietrich
9. Stravinsky: Le Sacre Du Printemps (The Rite Of Spring) by Igor Stravinsky / The Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra Of New York
10. Chain Gang by Joshua White And His Carolinians
11. Harlem Blues by Josh White
12. Harlem Seen Through Calypso Eyes by Wilmoth Houdini & His Royal Calypso Orchestra
13. The South American Way by Carmen Miranda
14. At The Piano by Count Basie
15. Rachmaninoff: Concerto No. 3 In D Minor For Piano & Orchestra by Albert Coates / The London Symphony Orchestra / Vladimir Horowitz
16. Piano Solos by Art Tatum
17. Decca Presents Selections From George Gershwin's Folk Opera Porgy And Bess by Various Artists
18. Beethoven: Concerto In D Major For Violin And Orchestra by Arturo Toscanini / NBC Symphony Orchestra / Jascha Heifetz
19. Jazz As It Should Be Played by Bix Beiderbecke
20. The Voice Of Ma Rainey by Ma Rainey
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