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HOMAGE TO THE EMPRESS OF THE BLUES by ROBERT EARL HAYDEN

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First Line: BECAUSE THERE WAS A MAN SOMEWHERE IN A CANDYSTRIPE SILK SHIRT
Subject(s): AFRICAN AMERICANS; AFRICAN AMERICANS - WOMEN; BLUES (MUSIC); JAZZ; MUSIC & MUSICIANS; SINGING & SINGERS; SMITH, BESSIE (1894-1937); NEGROES; AMERICAN BLACKS; SONGS;
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