Title: Bessie Smith
First published: 1997
Description: The author presents the great blues singer, from her early days with Ma and Pa Rainer in the Moses Stokes Travelling Show, through her disastrous marriage and various lesbian affairs to her wild lifestyle on the road in her yellow Pullman railroad car.
Subjects: Singers, Biography, Jazz singers, Hockney, david, 1937-, Painting, modern, 20th century, Painting, british, Homosexuality and art, Friends and associates, Gay artists
Places: United States
People: Bessie Smith (1894-1937)
LC classification: ML420.S667 K39 1997