Bessie Smith, an American blues singer who passed away recently, was well-known during the Jazz Age. She was referred to as the “Empress of the Blues” and was the most well-known female blues performer of the 1930s.
Smith’s debut record, “Down-Heartted Blues,” was issued in 1923. It almost 800,000 copies were sold, making her a star. In fact, Smith had earned more money by the end of the 1920s than any other black singer ever had.
She appeared in the 1929 motion picture “St. LouisBlues” and shared the stage and studio with legends like Clarence Williams, Louis Armstrong, and Fletcher Henderson’s band.
Who is Bessie Smith’s husband Jack Gee?
The late blues singer Bessie Smith’s husband, Jack Gee, passed away in his Philadelphia home. He had 84 years on him. In 1923, the year her recording career began, Mr. Gee, a former policeman, married Miss Smith and took on the role of manager.
According to Miss Smith’s biographer Chris Al Robertson, he had been involved in a number of business ventures ever since their divorce in 1930. He leaves behind Jack Gee Jr., an adopted son.
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