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Downhearted BluesBessie Smith

Released
1923
Label
Columbia
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Blues
Updated
2026-08-30
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  1. Ranked No. 6 in Blues

    The Empress of the Blues on her debut, outselling everything around her. Smith phrases like a horn player, which is the technique every singer on the soul list inherited.