years_active label article_title name background birth_date instrument genre image origin birth_name occupation
1920s and 30s pathé -lrb- 1920s -rrb- document -lrb- 1990s compilation -rrb- bessie brown
 bessie brown solo_singer 1890 vocals jazz , classic female blues bessie brown.jpg cleveland , ohio , united states bessie ; sadie green , caroline lee , and possibly helen smith richards = `` the original '' bessie brown singer
bessie brown

bessie brown -lrb- 1890 -- 1955 -rrb- also known as `` the original '' bessie brown , was an american classic female blues , jazz , and cabaret singer .
she sometimes recorded under the pseudonyms of sadie green , caroline lee , and possibly helen richards .
brown was active as a recording artist from 1925 to 1929 .
her best known tracks were `` ai n't much good in the best of men nowadays '' and `` song from a cotton field '' .
chloe song of the south .
she should not be confused -lrb- although often is in both biographies and discographies -rrb- with her namesake , bessie brown , who recorded vaudeville and blues styled duets with george w. williams , over a similar timespan .
