Direction. Read the partage. The answer questions about the passage below Bessie Smith was the "Empress of the Blues" But long before she carried that tide, she and her
brother Andrew performed on the streets of Chattanooga, Tennessee. They come from an impoverished
family, so they needed to earn money for their bousehold He danced, and she sang. The two often
performed in front of the White Elephant Saloon, a lavem in the city's African-American community
In 1912. Bessie Smithmet Gertrude "Ma" Ramey (known as the Mother of the Blues. Smith
joined Ma's vaudeville act and became a popular Blues singer. In the 1920s. Bessie Smith starred in the
Broadway musical How Come In 1923, she made ber first record. "Gulf Coast Blues" and "Down Hearted
Blues. It sold 800,000 copies. She made records with some of the most famous Jazz musicians of that era
including James P. Johnson, Coleman Hawkins, and Louis Armstrong. One of her most famous recordings
was "St. Louis Blues, recorded in 1929 with Louis Armstrong. She was the highest paid black singer of
that time. She made 160 records Bat the Depression in the 1930s was not good for her career Columbia
Records dropped her in the 1990s. She died in 1937.
Today Bessie Smith is still remembered as the "Empress of the Blues Bessie Smith was admitted
into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1989,
Questions:
1) What was Bessic Smith called?
A. "Ma"
B. "Ma Blue
C "Mother of the Blues"
D. "Empress of the Blues
2) Bessie and Andrew Smith performed...
A in the White Elephant Saloon
B in Chattanooga, Tennessee
Con Broadway
Dina avem
3) When did Smith make her first record?
A 1912
B. 1920
C 1923
D. 1929
4) Smith recorded "St Louis Blues" with...
Vocabulary:
1) Impoverished manns...
A very poor
1. very humble
C very talented
D. very important
2) Another way to say starred is...
A win a central part of
I was in control of
C directed
Dnepotiated
3) An eruis
A recording
B sound
C period of time
D. a group of songs
4) What is a career?
A Lifelong work
B. Part-time job
c Health
D. Voice
5) Another way to say admitted is...
A enrolled
B registered
Callowed in
D. All of the above
.
A Louis Armstrong
B Jantes P. Johnson
C Coleman Hawkins
D. None of the above
5) Which company did Smith record for?
A White Elephant
B. Broadway
C. Columbia
D. None of the above

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