Bessie Smith: A Radio 4 Book Of The Week

'She [Bessie Smith] showed me the air and taught me how to fill it ... she's the reason I started singing, really' - Janis Joplin'[Jackie Kay] offers the most vivid evocation of Bessie Smith I have ever read' - Ian Carr, BBC MusicBessie Smith was born in Tennessee in 1894.

• | By (Author): Jackie Kay
• | Publisher: Faber & Faber
• | Publication Date: Feb 18, 2021
• | Country of Publication: United Kingdom
• | Number of Pages: 224 pages
• | Language: Unknown
• | Binding: Softback
• | ISBN-10: 0571362923
• | ISBN-13: 9780571362929