2.  Bessie Smith was a blues/jazz singer.

3.  Bessie Smith was one of the finest blues
singers in jazz.
 She was in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
 Bessie Smith died in a car accident.
 The black public bought millions of her
records during the years of her greatest
fame from 1923 to 1928.

4.  What inspired you to be a jazz singer
Bessie?

5.  1894 - Bessie was born.
 1906 - Death of mom and two brothers.
 1912 - Bessie became a singer and dancer.
 1937 - Bessie died in a car accident.

6.  Worldbook online
 PebbleGo
 Google Images