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ma rainey

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  • born

    born
    Ma Rainey was born in savannah,Georgia on April 26, 1886.
    Her parents were Thomas Pridgett and Ella Allen pridgett.
  • Period: to

    ma rainey, blues artist

  • married

    married
    Ma Rainey married william Rainey . William Rainey was a comedy singer/ songwriter . William Rainey was known as ''pa'' rainey , from hence comes the name , ''Ma '' Rainey .

  • divorce

    divorce
    Ma Rainey and william Rainey go their seperate ways .
    no specific date . This divorce was out of the blue, no one really knows what she and william broke up over.

  • records

    records
    Ma Rainey records her first album with paramount . No date specified .She and william recorded their first album with the help of ''Mayo Ink ''.

  • records yonder comes the blues with louis armstrong

    records yonder comes the blues with louis armstrong
    Rainey and Louis Armstrong recorded the duet, ''Yonder Comes the Blues". They recorded at least 100 different versions .
    No date specified.This is one of her most famous songs ever recorded.

  • preforms with jazz cats

    preforms with jazz cats
    Rainey preforms with the band called, the jazz cats at the Theater owner's booking association.No specific dates specified, only years. She played with them for about a year and then went on her own road once agian.

  • retires

    retires
    Her mother and her sister died a few months earlier. Her career had begun to go downhill, and she was merely preforming at nightclubs and talent shows. she wasn't making much money so she retired . no particular month and day specified. She was 49 years old at the time .

  • death

    death
    Ma rainey died in Rome, Georgia on December 22 , 1939 at the age of 53. She died in her sleep shortly after retiring from her music career.