Bessie Smith - Keeps on A-Rainin' (Papa, He Can't Make No Time) (1923) Blues video free download

Columbia A3898 - 4-26-1923 - Keeps On A Rainin' (Papa, He Can't Make No Time) Clarence Williams at the Piano (Spencer Williams / M Kortlander)

Bessie Smith (April 15, 1894 -- September 26, 1937) was an American blues singer.

Sometimes referred to as The Empress of the Blues, Smith was the most popular female blues singer of the 1920s and 1930s. 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.