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Bessie Griffin

Bessie Griffin has been played on NTS in shows including Midland, featured first on 5 December 2016. Songs played include I Believe, Sometimes I Feel Like A Motherless Child and Two Little Fishes.

Bessie Griffin (July 6, 1922 – April 10, 1989) was an African American gospel singer.

Born Arlette B. Broil in New Orleans, Louisiana, she was steeped in church music as a child. She sang for a while with the Southern Harps, had her own radio show in New Orleans, and later appeared in night clubs, on Broadway and in 1962 on the Ed Sullivan Show.

Griffin performed briefly with "Queen of Gospel" Albertina Walker…

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MOST PLAYED TRACKS
I Believe
Bessie Griffin, The Gospel Pearls
Liberty1960
I Believe
Bessie Griffin, The Gospel PearlsLiberty1960
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Sometimes I Feel Like A Motherless Child
Bessie Griffin, The Gospel Pearls
Liberty1960
Sometimes I Feel Like A Motherless Child
Bessie Griffin, The Gospel PearlsLiberty1960
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Two Little Fishes
The Gospel Pearls, Bessie Griffin
Liberty1963
Two Little Fishes
The Gospel Pearls, Bessie GriffinLiberty1963
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