Bessie Davis
Last updated: 02.08.24
p_davisbessie.jpgAll that can presently (December 2022) be gleaned about Bessie Davis from sheet music covers and by Internet searching is that she was presumably an American actress/singer who has been featured on 4 works published between 1896 and 1900.
Her portrait on the left is taken from The Dixie Kid (1900) music by Adam Geibel, and published by White-Smith Music Publishing Co., Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
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     Title Attribution Instruments Source Remarks
           
pdf15.gif Kentucky Babe (1896) A. Geibel (music)
Richard Henry Buck (words)
Bessie Davis (perf.)		 Piano, Voice Indiana wvicon.gif
The peformer is featured on 4 sheet music/recording covers. It does not claim to be complete and represents only the number of items located. Keys: (w&m) ER
     Title Composer Attribution Items
         
perf15.jpg On the Banks of the Wabash, Far Away (1897) Paul Dresser(w&m)
perf15.jpg Kentucky Babe (1896) Adam Geibel Richard Henry Buck (words)
Bessie Davis (perf.)
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perf15.jpg Suwanee Shore (1898), The Adam Geibel
perf15.jpg Dixie Kid (1900), The Adam Geibel Bessie Davis (perf.)