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Ma Rainey

Blues Singer born on

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Personal details and public facts.

Profession
Blues Singer
Died
Dec 22, 1939
Zodiac
Taurus
Born in
Columbus GA
About
Singer known as Mother of the Blues who was among the first singers to infuse folk blues music into her performances. She recorded more than one hundred songs over the course of her career, including "See See Rider." She was portrayed by Viola Davis in the 2020 film Ma Rainey's Black Bottom.
Family
Before her fame, she and her husband William Rainey, a vaudeville performer known as Pa Rainey, traveled together in a song-and-dance act.

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