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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Au cours des 14 derniers jours:

37 musiques
43 stations
13 pays

Top chansons des Ma Rainey

1	Prove It On Me Blues
2	Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
3	Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
4	Black Eye Blues
5	See See Rider Blues
6	See See Rider Blues: 1
7	Booze and Blues
8	Slave to the Blues
9	Grievin' Hearted Blues
10	Countin' the Blues
11	Runaway Blues
12	Screech Owl Blues
13	Yonder Come The Blues
14	Goodbye Daddy Blues
15	Toad Frog Blues
16	Shave 'Em Dry
17	Runaway Blues
18	Black Cat, Hoot Owl Blues
19	Sleep Talking Blues
20	Jealous Hearted Blues
21	Rough And Tumble Blues
22	Cell Bound Blues
23	New Bo-Weavil Blues
24	Stack O' Lee Blues
25	Southern Blues

Citations de Ma Rainey

My audience wants to see me beautifully gowned, and I have spared no expense or pains . . . For I feel that the best is none too good for the public that pays to hear a singer.