Ma Rainey

Ma Rainey

female, deceased (1939)
Gertrude Malissa Nix Pridgett Rainey, Classic female blues singer, musician, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee, blues, LGBT musician…Blues Hall of Fame inductee, Rainey & Rainey, AssassinatorsoftheBlues, Gertrude Pridgett Rainey, The Mother of the Blues, William 'Pa' Rainey
Gertrude Malissa Nix Pridgett Rainey, better known as Ma Rainey, was one of the earliest known professional blues singers and one of the first...