Ma Rainey
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Gertrude Pridgett began performing as a teenager and became known as "Ma" Rainey after her marriage to Will "Pa" Rainey in 1904. They toured with the Rabbit Foot Minstrels and later formed their own group, ''Rainey and Rainey, Assassinators of the Blues''. Her first recording was made in 1923. In the following five years, she made over 100 recordings, including "Bo-Weevil Blues" (1923), "Moonshine Blues" (1923), "See See Rider Blues" (1925), the blues standard "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom" (1927), and "Soon This Morning" (1927).
Rainey also collaborated with Thomas Dorsey, Tampa Red, and Louis Armstrong, and toured and recorded with the Georgia Jazz Band. Touring until 1935, she then largely retired from performing and continued as a theater impresario in her hometown of Columbus, Georgia, until her death four years later. She has been posthumously inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame, as well as the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Rainey has been portrayed in several films including the 2020 Academy Award-winning film ''Ma Rainey's Black Bottom''. In 2023, she was honored with the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award. Provided by Wikipedia
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101Published 1994Other Authors: “...Rainey, Ma, 1886-1939...”
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102Published 1989Other Authors: “...Rainey, Ma, 1886-1939...”
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106Published 1992Other Authors: “...Rainey, Ma, 1886-1939...”
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108by Jackson, Papa Charlie, 1887-1938Other Authors: “...Rainey, Ma, 1886-1939...”
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Published 1940
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115Published 1993Other Authors: “...Rainey, Ma, 1886-1939...”
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117Published 1950Other Authors: “...Rainey, Ma, 1886-1939...”
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