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St. Louis Bessie was the stage name for Bessie Mae Smith, a St. Louis blues vocalist from the 1930s who also documented as Blue Belle, and down the road as perhaps Streamline Mae and Mae Belle Miller. On a few of her tracks, it is believed that the associated pianist …

It seems sensible a blues singer named Bessie Mae Smith would like to find another name to record in. It is kind of the same as being a vocalist/songwriter called “Bob McDylan.” Bessie Mae Smith transported what to extremes, nevertheless, recording not merely as Blue Belle but under a number …