Ma Rainey

United States
April 26, 1886 – December 22, 1939

"Ma" Rainey (born Gertrude Pridgett, September 1882 or April 26, 1886 – December 22, 1939) was one of the earliest African-American professional blues singers and one of the first generation of blues singers to record. She was billed as the "Mother of the Blues".

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52 tracks
39 stations
16 countries

Ma Rainey top songs

1	Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
2	See See Rider Blues
3	Don't Fish In My Sea
4	Prove It On Me Blues
5	Booze and Blues
6	Shave 'em Dry Blues
7	See See Rider Blues: 1
8	Toad Frog Blues
9	Jealous Hearted Blues
10	Goodbye Daddy Blues
11	Moonshine Blues
12	Prove It On Me Blues
13	Southern Blues
14	Farewell Daddy Blues
15	Stormy Sea Blues
16	Yonder Come The Blues
17	Grievin' Hearted Blues
18	Black Cat Hoot Owl Blues
19	Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
20	Chain Gang Blues
21	Ma Rainey / Leaving This Morning
22	See See the Rider Blues
23	Black Cat, Hoot Owl Blues
24	Blame It on the Blues
25	Sleep Talking Blues

Ma Rainey quotes

They hear it come out, but they don't know how it got there. They don't understand that's life's way of talking. You don't sing to feel better. You sing 'cause that's a way of understanding life.