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Classic female blues was an early form of blues music popular in the 1920s. An amalgam of traditional folk blues and urban theater music the style is also known as vaudeville blues. Classic blues were performed by female vocalists accompanied by pianists or small jazz ensembles and were the first blues to be recorded. Ma Rainey Bessie Smith Ethel Waters and the other singers of this genre were instrumental in spreading the popularity of the blues.

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