Ruby Smith's lyrics & chords

Ruby Smith (1903–1977) was a U.S. blues singer. She was born Ruby Walker on the 24th August 1903 in New York, United States. She was a niece, by marriage, of the better known Bessie Smith, who discouraged her from a recording career. Nevertheless, following her aunt's death in 1937, she went on to record twenty-one sides between 1938 and 1947. She is also known for her recorded explicit and candid observations on her own and her aunt's lifestyle She met Bessie Smith after her aunt had made her debut recording in February 1923, and joined ...read more