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Queer music Friday - Bessie Smith

Filed by: Alex Blaze

November 2, 2007 5:00 PM

Famously bisexual Broadway star Bessie Smith singing the "Saint Louis Blues":

And in her own words in Chris Albertson's biography of her:

I got twelve women on this show and I can have one every night if I want it. Don't you feel so important, and don't you say another word to me while you're on this show, or I'll send you home bag and baggage.

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