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“Ma”Rainey AKA “The Mother of the Blues”(April 26, 1886 –December 22, 1939) was a queer blues singer who began her career as a young teen in Georgia and claimed to have created the term “the blues”. Here’s “Baby, No, No!” (https://youtu.be/SOlmnvdoPjE?si=VuinJJoNmm7ABrWK)
#RetroView #PrideMonth #MaRainey #blues

“Ma”Rainey AKA “The Mother of the Blues”(April 26, 1886 –December 22, 1939) was a queer blues singer who began her career as a young teen in Georgia and claimed to have created the term “the blues”. Here’s “Baby, No, No!” (https://youtu.be/SOlmnvdoPjE?si=VuinJJoNmm7ABrWK)
#RetroView #PrideMonth #MaRainey #blues

“The Mother of the Blues” AKA Gertrude “Ma” Rainey with “Baby, No, No!” (https://youtu.be/SOlmnvdoPjE?si=3hFlbY29TZee8CpM)
#RetroView #MaRainey #Blues #BlackHistoryMonth

“The Mother of the Blues” AKA Gertrude “Ma” Rainey with “Baby, No, No!” (https://youtu.be/SOlmnvdoPjE?si=3hFlbY29TZee8CpM)
#RetroView #MaRainey #Blues #BlackHistoryMonth

Miss Bessie Smith AKA “The Empress of the Blues “(April 15, 1894 – September 26, 1937) was a protégé and sometimes lover of Ma Rainey’s when they toured together in the 1920s. Here’s 1927’s “Back Water Blues” (https://youtu.be/4gXShOJVwaM?si=gymkthC_PP9RwdMx)
#RetroView #MaRainey #BessieSmith #blues

Miss Bessie Smith AKA “The Empress of the Blues “(April 15, 1894 – September 26, 1937) was a protégé and sometimes lover of Ma Rainey’s when they toured together in the 1920s. Here’s 1927’s “Back Water Blues” (https://youtu.be/4gXShOJVwaM?si=gymkthC_PP9RwdMx)
#RetroView #MaRainey #BessieSmith #blues

First up we have “The Mother of the Blues” AKA Gertrude “Ma” Rainey with her classic “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” (https://youtu.be/cph7qZoE5d8?si=Jmlscgetc46KRyEB)
#RetroView #MaRainey #blues

First up we have “The Mother of the Blues” AKA Gertrude “Ma” Rainey with her classic “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” (https://youtu.be/cph7qZoE5d8?si=Jmlscgetc46KRyEB)
#RetroView #MaRainey #blues

The actual Gertrude “Ma” Rainey AKA “The Mother of the Blues” (April 26, 1886 – December 22, 1939) was a queer blues singer who began her career as a young teenager in Georgia (where a home she lived in is now a museum dedicated to her). She claimed to have created the term “the blues”.
#MusComEnt #BlackHistoryMonth #MaRaineysBlackBottom #MaRainey #blues

The actual Gertrude “Ma” Rainey AKA “The Mother of the Blues” (April 26, 1886 – December 22, 1939) was a queer blues singer who began her career as a young teenager in Georgia (where a home she lived in is now a museum dedicated to her). She claimed to have created the term “the blues”.
#MusComEnt #BlackHistoryMonth #MaRaineysBlackBottom #MaRainey #blues

Song of the Day April 26 2024

In remembrance of the birth of Gertrude Malissa Nix Pridgett bka Ma Rainey

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ma_Rainey

Ma Rainey - “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom”

https://youtu.be/-fizLgmUHmw?si=9AvFPXL1HwYcwp4q

#SongOfTheDay #SOTD #SOTD2024 #April26 #GertrudeMalissaNixPridgett #MaRainey #MaRaineysBlackBottom #Jazz #Soul #Blues #Music #AudioRecording #MotherOfTheBlues #AugustWilson #1920s

Song of the Day April 26 2024

In remembrance of the birth of Gertrude Malissa Nix Pridgett bka Ma Rainey

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ma_Rainey

Ma Rainey - “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom”

https://youtu.be/-fizLgmUHmw?si=9AvFPXL1HwYcwp4q

#SongOfTheDay #SOTD #SOTD2024 #April26 #GertrudeMalissaNixPridgett #MaRainey #MaRaineysBlackBottom #Jazz #Soul #Blues #Music #AudioRecording #MotherOfTheBlues #AugustWilson #1920s

Song of the Day April 26 2024

In remembrance of the birth of Gertrude Malissa Nix Pridgett bka Ma Rainey

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ma_Rainey

Ma Rainey - “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom”

https://youtu.be/-fizLgmUHmw?si=9AvFPXL1HwYcwp4q

#SongOfTheDay #SOTD #SOTD2024 #April26 #GertrudeMalissaNixPridgett #MaRainey #MaRaineysBlackBottom #Jazz #Soul #Blues #Music #AudioRecording #MotherOfTheBlues #AugustWilson #1920s

You can’t have a blues playlist without Gertrude "Ma" Rainey AKA The Mother of the Blues and Her Tub Jug Washboard Band with one of her later recordings: “Prove It on Me Blues”
#RetroView #MaRainey #HerTubJugWashboardBand #blues

You can’t have a blues playlist without Gertrude "Ma" Rainey AKA The Mother of the Blues and Her Tub Jug Washboard Band with one of her later recordings: “Prove It on Me Blues”
#RetroView #MaRainey #HerTubJugWashboardBand #blues

Hace cien años una mujer de voz profunda y oscura grabó unas canciones cuya influencia sigue palpitando en el alma del rock.

Una mujer que fue dueña de su propia vida en una época que parecía impensable.

Y la llamaban la Emperatriz.

Hoy, en #LaHistorietaMusical, Bessie Smith.

#BessieSmith #MaRainey #Blues #Jazz #LaHistorietaMusical

Hace cien años una mujer de voz profunda y oscura grabó unas canciones cuya influencia sigue palpitando en el alma del rock.

Una mujer que fue dueña de su propia vida en una época que parecía impensable.

Y la llamaban la Emperatriz.

Hoy, en #LaHistorietaMusical, Bessie Smith.

#BessieSmith #MaRainey #Blues #Jazz #LaHistorietaMusical

The “Mother of the Blues” Ma Rainey (April 26, 1886 – December 22, 1939) & Bessie Smith AKA “The Empress of the Blues “(April 15, 1894 – September 26, 1937) They toured together in the 1920s before going separate ways
#RetroView #MaRainey #BessieSmith #Blues #BlackHistoryMonth