Roots of Blues - - Ma Rainey . Rainey)Recorded: New York , October 1. Ma' Rainey And Her Georgia Band. Ma Rainey (vcl), Howard Scott (cn), Charlie Green (tb), Don Redman (c), Fletcher Henderson (p), Kaiser Marshall (d)Gertrude Malissa Nix Pridgett Rainey, better known as Ma Rainey (April 2. December 2. 2, 1. American professional blues singers and one of the first generation of such singers to record. She was billed as The Mother of the Blues. She did much to develop and popularize the form and was an important influence on younger blues women, such as Bessie Smith, and their careers. Rainey was born in Columbus, Georgia. She first appeared on stage in Columbus in . She then joined a traveling vaudeville troupe, the Rabbit Foot Minstrels. After hearing a blues song at a theater in St. Louis, Missouri, sung by a local girl in 1. She claimed at that time that she was the one who coined the name . The song was so strange and poignant that it attracted much attention,and Rainey learned the song fron the visitor, and used it soon afterwards in her . The pair toured with the Rabbit Foot Minstrels as . In 1. 91. 2, she took the young Bessie Smith into the Rabbit Foot Minstrels, trained her, and worked with her until Smith left in 1. Also known, though less discussed, is the fact that she was bisexual. She was arrested in Chicago in 1.
Buster Keaton, Actor: The General. When at six months of age he tumbled down a flight of stairs unharmed, he was given the name 'Buster' by Harry Houdini who, along. Dorothy Devore is not a name bandied about with any regularity even among silent films fans these days, and certainly the silent comedy fans most immersed in the. Rainey celebrated the lesbian lifestyle in . In private, her preference was for young men. The poet Sterling Brown tells of approaching her as a fan with the musicologist John Work. She immediately propositioned them as she was having trouble with her young musicians. Brown wrote a moving poem about Ma Rainey and her huge popularity with Southern audiences. Ma Rainey was already a veteran performer with decades of touring in African- American shows in the U. S. Southern States when she made her first recordings in 1. Rainey signed with Paramount Records and, between 1. In her career, Rainey was backed by such noted jazz musicians as cornet players Louis Armstrong and Tommy Ladnier, pianists Fletcher Henderson and Lovie Austin, saxophonist Coleman Hawkins, and clarinetist Buster Bailey. Rainey recorded two vocal duets with Papa Charlie Jackson in 1. Paramount terminated her contract soon afterwards, claiming that her material had gone out of fashion. Rainey's career dried up in the 1. But her earnings were enough that she was able to retire from performing in 1.
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