No time to marry, no time to settle down; I'm a young woman, and I ain't done runnin' around.

In the early 1970s Dr. "The Bessie Smith ambulance would not have gone to a white hospital you can forget that. Louis Blues based on W.

She is often regarded as one of the greatest singers of her era and along with Louis Armstrong a major influence on subsequent jazz vocalists. Bessie Smith (April 15 1894 – September 26 1937) was an American blues singer.