- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- Gertrude "Ma" Rainey (1886-1939)
- Creator:
- Orr, N. Lee, 1949-
- Date of Original:
- 2003-05-09
- Subject:
- Rainey, Ma, 1886-1939
Musicians--United States
Women musicians--United States
African American women musicians
Singers--United States
Women singers--United States
African American women singers - Location:
- United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018
- Medium:
- articles
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- text/html
- Description:
- Encyclopedia article about Gertrude "Ma" Rainey. Styled as the "Mother of the Blues," Gertrude Malissa Nix Pridgett Rainey, better known as "Ma" Rainey, was one of the most important of the early blues singers. In her thirty-five years of touring and recordings she made with Paramount, the Georgia native did much to establish the "classic" blues in American musical life.
- Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/gertrude-ma-rainey-1886-1939/
- Language:
- eng
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- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: "Gertrude "Ma" Rainey (1886-1939)," New Georgia Encyclopedia. Retrieved [date]: http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org.
- Original Collection:
- Forms part of the New Georgia Encyclopedia.
- Holding Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
- Rights:
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