Songs Written by Bessie SmithTop Songs / Chart Singles Discography

Bessie Smith (April 15, 1892 – September 26, 1937) was an African-American blues singer widely renowned during the Jazz Age. Nicknamed the "Empress of the Blues" and formerly Queen of the Blues, she was the most popular female blues singer of the 1930s. Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1989, she is often regarded as one of the greatest singers of her era and was a major influence on fellow blues singers, as well as jazz... [more on Wikipedia]

As a songwriter, Bessie Smith first charted in 1926 with Lost Your Head Blues.The artist placed 1 song on the Billboard Hot 100, one of which reached the Top‑10.