Bessie Smith was an American blues singer widely renowned during the Jazz Age and was nicknamed the “Empress of the Blues”. She was the most popular female blues singer of the 1930s.
Bessie Smith was born on April 15, 1894, in Chattanooga, Tennessee, U.S., and had a great time in her career but it ended too soon when she died on September 26, 1937 (aged 43), in Clarksdale, Mississippi, U.S.
Why is Bessie Smith so important?
Bessie Smith was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1989, was often regarded as one of the greatest singers of her era, and was a major influence on fellow blues singers, as well as jazz vocalists.
During her time, she was the highest-paid African American artist working in music and the first African American superstar. Bessie Smith is very important in the music industry for her sound and her attitude, which changed music for a longer generation.
