| BESSIESMITH | American singer of the Jazz Age nicknamed the "Empress of the Blues" (6,5) |
| BESSIE | ____ Smith, U.S. blues singer born in 1894 nicknamed the 'Empress of the Blues' (6) |
| NEILDIAMOND | American singer-songwriter who starred in the 1980 film remake of The Jazz Singer (4,7) |
| FITZGERALD | Author whose Tales of the Jazz Age collection includes The Curious Case of Benjamin Button and The Diamond as Big as the Ritz (10) |
| GLADYSKNIGHT | American singer nicknamed the Empress of Soul, whose backing group was The Pips (6,6) |
| SMITH | Bessie known as the "Empress of the Blues" |
| BEAVERHALLGROUP | Montreal-based Modernist painters of the Jazz Age: 3 wds. |
| KNIGHT | Gladys, nicknamed The Empress of Soul (6) |
| VEGA | American singer of the 1987 smash hit Luka, Suzanne ---- (4) |
| DINAH | American singer of the big band era, ----- Shore (5) |
| JIMREEVES | American singer of the 1963 UK hit Welcome to My World (3,6) |
| LADYGAGA | American singer of the 2008 hit Poker Face (4,4) |
| JOSEPHINEDEBEAUHARNAIS | The first wife of Napoleon I and the first Empress of the French |
| JOLSON | Al ****** , Jewish-American star of 'The Jazz Singer' - the first talking movie (1886-1950) |
| AKENS | Jewel ___ (American singer of 1964 hit "The Birds and the Bees") |
| VICTORIA | Historical drama series about the early rule of the Empress of India |
| ALJOLSON | Stage name of Asa Yoelson, star of The Jazz Singer, etc. (2,6) |
| LOU | American singer of 1972 hit single Walk on the Wild Side, --- Reed (3) |
| REED | American singer of 1972 hit Walk on the Wild Side, Lou ---- (4) |
| MEAT | American singer of 1978 hit Bat Out of Hell, --- Loaf (4) |
