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Who was Bessie Smith's famous vocal teacher?

Why was Bessie Smith rejected when she first tried to get a recording contract?

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Why was Bessie Smith rejected when she first tried to get a recording contract?
Record company people thought she was not a very good singer.
They thought her big, brassy voice inappropriate for an audience.
Record company people did not like her personality or attitude.
They thought that she had a good voice, but she was not a good performer.
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Who was Bessie Smith's famous vocal teacher?
JImmy Page
Big Bill Broonzy
Memphis Minnie
Ma Rainey
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What did Bessie Smith help to prove to the record companies in the 1920s?
The black artists could sell records.
That her style of music was the best.
They she should get paid more.
That women could sell records.
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Who were some of the musicians Bessie Smith sang with in the studio?
Ma Rainey and Son House.
Elvis Presley, Eric Clapton.
Big Bill Broonzy, Ella Fitzgerald.
Clarence Williams, Louis Armstrong, James P. Johnson.
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Name 3 people who were influenced by the music of Bessie Smith.
Eric Clapton, Jimmy Page, Muddy Waters.
Robert Johnson, Son House, Charley Patton.
Robert Johnson, Blind Lemon Jefferson
Billie Holiday, Mahalia Jackson, Janis Joplin.
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Where did Bessie Smith meet Ma Rainey?
While touring with her vaudeville troupe.
In a recording studio in New Orleans.
In a bar in New Orleans
At a show in Memphis.