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Bessie Jones

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Also known as Mary Elizabeth Jones

American folk musician and gospel singer

Person · Open Library

Born
1902
Works
3

Top works

  • Step it down; games, plays, songs, and stories from the Afro-American heritage
  • For the ancestors
  • Step it down

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27,910
Total plays
151,537

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Bessie Jones (February 8, 1902 - July 17, 1984) was an American gospel singer from Smithville, GA. She learned her songs from her grandfather, a former slave born in Africa. She was a founding member of the Georgia Sea Island Singers. Alan Lomax first encountered Bessie Jones on a southern trip in 1959, Jones made her way up to New York City two years later and asked Lomax to record both her music and biography. Jones told an interviewer in Alachua <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Bessie+Jones

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Elizabeth
Family name
Jones
Gender
female
Citizenship
United States
Place of birth
Smithville
Place of death
Brunswick
Instrument
voice
Image
AT HOME ON ST. SIMON'S ISLAND-RENOWNED GOSPEL SINGER BESSIE JONES AND TWO GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN - NARA - 546994.jpg
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date of birth
1902-02-08
date of death
1984-09-04
Commons category
Bessie Jones
manner of death
natural causes
cause of death
leukemia
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