Bessie Smith
Avery and Sophia
Facts
- Bessie was born on April 15, 1894 in Chattanooga, Tennessee
- Bessie died on September 26, 1937 (age 43) in Clarksdale, Mississippi
- died from a traffic collision
What she did
- Bessie was a Famous singer
- (a flapper)
- sang 55 songs her whole life
- She had a movie called St. Louis blues
Child hood
*bessies mother and farther died at age 9
* she was one out of 7 children
*her mother inspired her to sing
*her and her brother got money from singing on the street