USA HISTORY

THE ROARING 20S 1920 1929

1920S AMERICAN CULTURE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Bessie Smith was a ____
A
Painter
B
Blues Singer
C
Artist
D
Writer
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Bessie Smith (April 15, 1894 – September 26, 1937) was an American blues singer widely renowned during the Jazz Age. Nicknamed the “Empress of the Blues", she was the most popular female blues singer of the 1930s.

Detailed explanation-2: -Bessie Smith was one of the greatest blues vocalists ever. She made 160 recordings in all, in many of which she was accompanied by some of the great jazz musicians of the 1920s and ‘30s, including Fletcher Henderson, Benny Goodman, and Louis Armstrong.

Detailed explanation-3: -Forebears: Bessie Smith, The Empress Of The Blues The pioneering singer influenced blues, jazz, rock and beyond with her powerful voice and inventive delivery, displaying a greatness rooted in the ability to channel her life story into her work.

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