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Sang the first recorded versions of 'House of the Rising Sun' and 'Stackolee'Ma Rainey - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Gertrude Malissa Nix Pridgett Rainey, better known as Ma Rainey (September, 1882 –
December 22, 1939), was one of the earliest known professional blues ...
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The Ma Rainey Page
Biography from Tom Sullivan discussing her bisexuality.
http://www.lambda.net/~maximum/rainey.html
Ma Rainey
If Bessie Smith is the acknowledged “Queen of the Blues,” then Gertrude “Ma”
Rainey is the undisputed “Mother of the Blues.” As music historian Chris ...
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Georgia Women of Achievement: 1993 Inductee GERTRUDE PRIDGETT (“MA ...
Gertrude Pridgett (“Ma”) Rainey Gertrude Pridgett “Ma” Rainey, born into a poor
family in Columbus, began singing at an early age. ...
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"MA" Rainey
Stamp on Black History Home Page Menu.
http://library.thinkquest.org/2667/Rainey.htm
Gertrude "Ma" Rainey (1886 - 1939) - Find A Grave Memorial
Her final resting place in the Porterdale Cemetery, near Columbus, Georgia.
Includes photo of her and allows posting of tributes.
http://www.findagrave.com/pictures/2477.html
Ma Rainey, MP3 Music Download at eMusic
Ma Rainey MP3s at eMusic. Download Ma Rainey albums, tracks and songs for free
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Amazon.com: Ma Rainey's Black Bottom: A Play: Books: August Wilson
Amazon.com: Ma Rainey's Black Bottom: A Play: Books: August Wilson by August Wilson.
http://www.amazon.com/Ma-Raineys-Black-Bottom-Play/dp/0452261139
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom | keithboykin.com
Ma Rainey There must be something about black bottoms in Harlem that appeals to me.
My favorite song in the musical Harlem Song is B.J. Crosby's rendition ...
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Gertrude "Ma" Rainey: Mother of the Blues
Ma Rainey was a Black lesbian or bisexual blues singer who sang "Prove it On Me Blues."
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