Question

A vaudeville performer who became the most important blues singer of the 1920s and paved the way for jazz vocalists to come was: Billie Holiday John Stark Bessie Smith Dan Emmett

Answer 1

Answer:

The answer is: Bessie Smith.

Explanation:

Bessie Smith was a jazz snd blues vocalist born in Tennessee, on 1984. Her popularity reached its highest point in the decade of 1920, when she signed a contract with Columbia Records.

She earned the title of Empress of The Blues, and paved the way for jazz vocalists and became a strong influence on female jazz vocalists such as Billie Holiday and Aretha Franklin.