In what year did Bessie Smith perform at the Apollo Theater?
1925
1935
She never performed there
1945
Answer
Bessie Smith never performed at the Apollo Theater because the venue was not yet established when she was active. She was a blues singer who was popular in the 1920s and 1930s. The Apollo Theater opened in 1934, and Smith died in 1937.
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