Bessie Smith -A hot time in the Old Town Tonight

[Threetails]

If she was still alive, she'd put the pop divas to shame.

[edinho7615]

eu amo as maoires de todos os tempoa bessie smth etta james saravough e elis reigina não deixarei janis joplin.

[ADA12C]

If you listen carefully, Bessie sings hot time in old town which are the original lyrics. At some point in time, "the" has been added to old town. I must admit it's hard to catch the difference.

[SweetJaneofGoth]

Like the totally most awesome cover of this song was by Leon Redbone. He's like the most totally awesome.

[widershins]

Widershins: She might have been a lot of things that a lot of so called up standing people would frown on, but that just made her more beautiful and talented, yes what a wonderful woman.

[reyesvagos5]

inmortal



[sharonanony]

who ever said she was ugly, is seeing themselves only. Bessy Smith had it all, Beauty, Brains, Confidence which is Beautiful within itself. And Brass,

she was not American standard of pretty. But she damned sure was not ugly!

[Teddyb1939]

@sharonanony I agree with you all the way. Bessie Smith was Majestic in everything she did. A powerful beautiful lady, tough living,Great voice, to me the best blues singer of all time. This track is a real swinger,I would compare this to another of my all time greats Billie Holiday singing ,My mothers son in law.

[supadude626]

Lol, Jack Nicholson Joker

[GeminiNightOwl]

Phenomenal

[NYSteamerMan]

Enjoyable if somewhat truncated.. .

[pannoni1]

Check out the Google News Archives; a bunch of old Afro-Americans from the era have been posted! The advertisement for this single by Columbia states, "People come from mile around to hear Bessie Smith and Her Blue Boys every time they hit town. Be sure to get their latest record, for Bessie certainly does put lots of fire into this selection".

[dOpeeStarO1]

how nice

[mrgoodvibrations]

Yeah!

[Jairox99]

naw mate she was bi...

[Achbar]

I love this song

[Jairox99]

Ethel waters is my half-sister

[praxiteleanhermes]

bessie smith is my mom

[mzkimberley]

honey she was a lesbian and in those days kids were not an option

[pncwho]

A pretty clean recording for its age, and Ms. Smith's voice is just amazing. Marvelous!

[MaaikiPalu]

I love Bessie's blues

[imkingdad]

thx Mole. Bessie set the plate that so many others ate off of.

[MoleDFigg]

You're welcome, a nice way of putting it!

[8cccpeevostokzempf]

Lite my fire!!!

[maria580]

Bessie Smith is my aunt. That's right she's my daddy's sister. That's the truth.

[trolleybus1962]

maria580, you must be getting on in years then given that Bessie Smith was born about 114 years ago.

[MUZIKNFILMZ]

LOL!!--THAT'S FUNNY!!

[revenuesharing]

you gave me my first laugh of the day. I was trying to get my mind set to deal with this certain coworker, then I read this. You made my day.

[maria580]

No...I'm only 35 yrs old

[starchild93]

oh my dear lord.

you'd have to be about 80 or 90 and i doubt you are.

and i would like to ask you.. what's your daddy's name, and how old is he now? 156?

[maria580]

she's my dad's sister. He was born in 1919. His father (my grand-father) is Bessie's dad. My grand-father was born in the early 1800s, and before he met my grand-mother he already had children, and one of them was Bessie Smith. He was 27 yrs older than my grand-mother.

[DeViliSkhA]

I really love this song. it's soooo amazing and beautiful. thnx for uploading it, 'cause I can't find it anywhere...

[donandsam]

Love it man. It don't come much better.

[kspm01]

Brilliant selection!

[coc177]

Empress of the blues ! It's true ! I love a lot !

[CordovoxMan]

I do JAZZ man! It's the beginning. Never heard this before. Wild, fantastic, the most! Thank you MoleDFigg.

[Rasscoco]

Pure art!

[tenorbanjo4]

A real masterpiece, and we can also listen to Joe Smith, who is, I think, the only black cornet player inspired by Bix.

[GreatFire1666]

Wonderful recording from yesteryear.

Wonderful Bessie - love you.RIP.

Thks for extra info and loading this musical icon.

[dwightkschrute80]

What a great recording! Gotta love those horns and reeds in the background. She's gotta heckuva voice!

[Jazzbobill]

Classic Bessie!!! Long gone but not forgotten.

These recordings are #1 in my collection.

[theclarksistersfan]

yes thats my cousin bessie smith

[cbrun67176]

Ugly as sin but man could she sing

[MoleDFigg]

Sin isn't always ugly and, yes, she could sing!

[goddesspamrud]

sin is the seductive thing:):)

[Teddyb1939]

@cbrun67176 She probably would`ve smacked you one for calling her ugly. She was majestic, in all ways one of the true legends of any music.

[NeedaCoolUsername]

i love you whoever posted this. thank you so so much!

[maolchalium]

Fantastic. Boy could she belt it out.

[brendafohio]

R.I.P. Miss Bessie. *****

[royhaworth]

What a great singer and band!