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Ma Rainey created what is now known as "classic blues" while also portraying black life like never before. As a musical innovator she built on the minstrelsy and vaudeville performative traditions with comedic timing and a hybrid of
American blues traditions she encountered in her vast tours across
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wrote that Rainey's songs are full of women who "explicitly celebrate their right to conduct themselves as expansively and even as undesirably as men". In her songs, she and other black women sleep around for revenge, drink and party all night and generally live lives that "transgressed these ideas
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went into decline, being replaced by radio and recordings. Rainey's career was not immediately affected; she continued recording for
Paramount and earned enough money from touring to buy a bus with her name on it. In 1928, she worked with Dorsey again and recorded 20 songs, before Paramount
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of the 1970s, which began to crystallize around the performance and recording of lesbian-affirming songs." At the time, an ad for the song embraced the genderbending outlined in the lyrics and featured Rainey in a three-piece suit, mingling with women while a police officer lurks nearby.
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and the band he assembled, the
Wildcats Jazz Band. They began their tour with an appearance in Chicago in April 1924 and continued, on and off, until 1928. Dorsey left the group in 1926 because of ill health and was replaced as pianist by Lillian Hardaway Henderson, the wife of Rainey's
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There is uncertainty about the birth date of
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According to the website queerculturalcenter.org, the lyrics refer to an incident in 1925 in which Rainey was "arrested for taking part in an orgy at home involving women in her chorus". The political activist and scholar
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In 1935, Rainey returned to her home town, Columbus, Georgia, and became the proprietress of three theaters, the
Liberty in Columbus, and the Lyric and the Airdrome in Rome, Georgia, until her death. She died of a
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terminated her contract. Her style of blues was no longer considered fashionable by the label. It is unclear if she maintained the royalties to her songs after she was fired from
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4579:"Overlooked No More: Ma Rainey, the 'Mother of the Blues' (Published 2019)"
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4741:""Let's Have A Sex Talk": The Eras of Sex Talk By Black Women In Hip-Hop"
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Fictional Blues: Narrative Self-Invention from Bessie Smith to Jack White
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4888:"The Recording Academy Announces 2023 Special Merit Awards Honorees"
4862:"Rainey-McCullers School of the Arts opens as 2017-18 classes begin"
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4561:"Who Is Ma Rainey? How the 'Mother of the Blues' Became an Icon"
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4939:"Netflix releases trailer for Chadwick Boseman's final movie"
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Sexuality and the Sacred: Sources for Theological Reflection
4039:"Overlooked No More: Ma Rainey, the 'Mother of the Blues'"
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Ellison, Marvin M.; Brown Douglas, Kelly, eds. (2010).
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5049:The Complete 1928 Sessions in Chronological Order
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3968:"Ma Rainey | Biography, Songs, & Facts"
439:'Prove It on Me' is a cultural precursor to the
407:Fuller Henderson, who became the band's leader.
419:Went out last night with a crowd of my friends.
5045:Complete Recorded Works in Chronological Order
5041:Complete Recorded Works in Chronological Order
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5033:Complete Recorded Works in Chronological Order
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4790:"Ma Rainey | Biography, Songs, & Facts"
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5208:Ma Rainey Blues Festival official website
5143:Mother of the Blues: A Study of Ma Rainey
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4914:Mother of the Blues: A Study of Ma Rainey
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4836:"Ma Rainey International Blues Festival"
4777:2004 National Recording Registry Choices
4705:Freedman, Samuel G. (October 14, 1984).
335:, she met numerous musicians, including
5188:Ma Rainey and the Classic Blues Singers
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800:Mixture of blues and popular song forms
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7777:Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five
4037:Russonello, Giovanni (June 12, 2019).
640:of the play and was nominated for the
593:In 2023, she was awarded a posthumous
5145:. University of Massachusetts Press.
4684:. University of Massachusetts Press.
4108:Eagle, Bob; LeBlanc, Eric S. (2013).
3935:"Rainey, Ma (née Pridgett, Gertrude)"
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4357:Friederich, Brandon (June 7, 2017).
4161:"Ma Rainey: The Mother of the Blues"
260:. In 2023, she was honored with the
8236:20th-century American women singers
4636:. Britannica.com. December 22, 1939
4512:. University Press of Mississippi.
4228:Abbott, Lynn; Seroff, Doug (2009).
3398:; another take on JSP and DOCD5216
425:Makes the wind blow all the while.
8276:Baptists from Georgia (U.S. state)
8231:20th-century American LGBTQ people
5073:Shaw, Charles E. (July 14, 2011).
4990:Blues and Gospel Records 1890–1943
4937:Lee, Benjamin (October 18, 2020).
4838:. January 29, 2016. Archived from
467:Toward the end of the 1920s, live
454:Theater Owners Booking Association
423:It's true I wear a collar and tie.
392:Theater Owners Booking Association
203:and later formed their own group,
25:
6380:Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award
5163:Blues Legacies and Black Feminism
4739:Jones, DaLyah (August 23, 2020).
4707:"What Black Writers Owe to Music"
1594:; another take on JSP & DOCD
1523:; another take on JSP & DOCD
595:Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award
535:in developing her characters for
524:Blues Legacies and Black Feminism
262:Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award
29:American blues singer (1886–1939)
8311:Musicians from Columbus, Georgia
4886:Frazer, Nina (January 5, 2023).
458:Bessie Brown and George Williams
312:'s much larger and more popular
304:, she began performing in black
4916:. University of Massachusetts.
3811:Another take on JSP & DOCD
3514:Another take on JSP & DOCD
3435:another take on JSP & DOCD
2980:"Blues the World Forgot—Part 2"
2918:"Blues the World Forgot—Part 1"
2325:Another take on JSP & DOCD
2290:Another take on JSP & DOCD
2097:Another take on JSP & DOCD
2034:Another take on JSP & DOCD
1846:Another take on JSP & DOCD
1689:Another take on JSP & DOCD
1657:Another take on JSP & DOCD
1153:Another take on JSP & DOCD
1100:"Honey Where You Been So Long?"
880:Another take on JSP & DOCD
809:Another take on JSP & DOCD
549:Blues Foundation's Hall of Fame
487:The Raineys separated in 1916.
8326:American vaudeville performers
4765:Ma Rainey Induction Year: 1990
4016:(3rd ed.). W. W. Norton.
2608:possibly Leroy Picket (violin)
2572:possibly Leroy Picket (violin)
642:Academy Award for Best Actress
460:while a little over half what
226:Rainey also collaborated with
196:Blues" and "Moonshine Blues".
1:
8296:African-American LGBTQ people
8241:20th-century American singers
6053:Nell Kendall Hodgson Woodruff
4449:. Vintage. pp. 40, 238.
2142:"Wringing and Twisting Blues"
547:Rainey was inducted into the
8291:Classic female blues singers
6206:Jean Elizabeth Geiger Wright
6022:Ella Gertrude Clanton Thomas
5315:Georgia Women of Achievement
4110:Blues: A Regional Experience
1301:"Ma Rainey's Mystery Record"
858:"Those All Night Long Blues"
302:First African Baptist Church
8266:American bisexual musicians
5540:Lettie Pate Whitehead Evans
4992:. Oxford University Press.
4391:Westminster John Knox Press
3825:"Ma and Pa Poorhouse Blues"
569:National Recording Registry
456:, which was double that of
417:Sure got to prove it on me.
8357:
8256:American street performers
7935:Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
7195:Booker T. & the M.G.'s
5949:May duBignon Stiles Howard
5473:Susan Cobb Milton Atkinson
5431:Emily Harvie Thomas Tubman
3415:Her Tub Jug Washboard Band
3412:"Deep Moaning Blues Blues"
3379:Her Tub Jug Washboard Band
3344:Her Tub Jug Washboard Band
3309:Her Tub Jug Washboard Band
3274:Her Tub Jug Washboard Band
3239:Her Tub Jug Washboard Band
3204:Her Tub Jug Washboard Band
3169:Her Tub Jug Washboard Band
3166:"Black Cat Hoot Owl Blues"
2949:"Ma Rainey's Black Bottom"
1270:"Lawd Send Me a Man Blues"
1169:"(Famous Cornfield Blues)"
553:Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
464:would ultimately command.
248:Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
31:
8321:People from Rome, Georgia
8316:Paramount Records artists
8306:LGBTQ people from Alabama
7276:The Blind Boys of Alabama
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5160:Davis, Angela Y. (1998).
5100:– via Google Books.
4443:Davis, Angela Y. (1999).
2435:Lillian Henderson (piano)
2258:Another take on DOCD5660
2226:Another take on DOCD5625
1783:Another take on DOCD5625
1703:"Louisiana Hoo Doo Blues"
1639:"Army Camp Harmony Blues"
441:lesbian cultural movement
48:
8281:Bisexual women musicians
7402:The Allman Brothers Band
7372:Juilliard String Quartet
7321:David "Honeyboy" Edwards
6258:Josephine Fields Sanders
6131:Mamie George S. Williams
6095:Carolyn Mackenzie Carter
5672:Alice Harrell Strickland
5646:Catherine Evans Whitener
5385:Cassandra Pickett Durham
5224:New Georgia Encyclopedia
4659:. Penguin Random House.
4623:. Penguin Books. p. 387.
3236:"Hear Me Talking to You"
2564:"Little Low Mamma Blues"
1891:"Four Day Honorary Scat"
1797:"Rough and Tumble Blues"
636:portrayed Rainey in the
617:Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
394:(TOBA) in the South and
257:Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
18:Gertrude Pridgett Rainey
8261:American bisexual women
6330:Elizabeth "Bessie" Tift
6196:Katharine DuPre Lumpkin
6126:Susie Baker King Taylor
6048:Frances Freeborn Pauley
5944:Mary Francis Hill Coley
5864:Caroline Pafford Miller
5838:Elfrida De Renne Barrow
5739:Emily Barnelia Woodward
5729:Helen Dortch Longstreet
5688:Madeleine Kiker Anthony
5662:Wessie Gertrude Connell
5258:at Red Hot Jazz Archive
4794:Encyclopedia Britannica
4680:Mack, Kimberly (2020).
3990:s (December 18, 2020).
3972:Encyclopedia Britannica
3945:Oxford University Press
3567:"Blame It on the Blues"
2600:"Grievin Hearted Blues"
1985:"Yonder Come the Blues"
1468:"Jealous Hearted Blues"
476:Personal life and death
283:Russell County, Alabama
191:", she bridged earlier
105:Columbus, Georgia, U.S.
8331:American LGBTQ singers
8251:American blues singers
8178:Holland–Dozier–Holland
7632:The Velvet Underground
7572:Earth, Wind & Fire
6294:Luck Flanders Gambrell
6284:Phyllis Jenkins Barrow
6253:Lizzie Lurline Collier
6027:Bazoline Estelle Usher
6001:Henrietta Stanley Dull
5843:Amilee Chastain Graves
5791:Sarah Porter Hillhouse
5693:Helena Maud Brown Cobb
5509:Rebecca Latimer Felton
4655:Davis, Angela (2011).
3746:"Leaving This Morning"
3306:"Prove It on Me Blues"
2636:"Don't Fish in My Sea"
2339:"Down in the Basement"
2208:"Broken Hearted Blues"
2079:"Bessemer Bound Blues"
1671:"Explaining the Blues"
1373:"Farewell Daddy Blues"
1034:"Lost Wandering Blues"
555:in 1990. In 1994, the
428:
368:
61:Background information
8336:20th-century Baptists
8157:(Ahmet Ertegun Award)
8076:Simon & Garfunkel
7756:Sister Rosetta Tharpe
7691:Parliament-Funkadelic
7049:Simon & Garfunkel
6191:Clarice Cross Bagwell
6017:Rebecca Stiles Taylor
5965:Sarah Randolph Bailey
5822:Sara Branham Matthews
5781:Eliza Frances Andrews
5734:Sarah McLendon Murphy
5724:Louise Frederick Hays
5375:Dicksie Bradley Bandy
5256:Ma Rainey (1886-1939)
5218:June 6, 2011, at the
5141:Lieb, Sandra (1983).
5051:, Document DOCD5156.
4912:Lieb, Sandra (1981).
4621:The Big Book of Blues
4565:Entertainment Tonight
4508:Abbott, Lynn (2017).
4071:Lieb, Sandra (1983).
3488:"Sleep Talking Blues"
3449:"Daddy Goodbye Blues"
3341:"Victim of the Blues"
3073:"New Bo-Weavil Blues"
2502:"Weepin' Woman Blues"
2304:"Mountain Jack Blues"
2082:Her Georgia Jazz Band
1923:"Memphis Bound Blues"
1737:Her Georgia Jazz Band
1734:"Goodbye Daddy Blues"
1706:Her Georgia Jazz Band
1674:Her Georgia Jazz Band
1642:Her Georgia Jazz Band
1611:Her Georgia Jazz Band
1575:Her Georgia Jazz Band
1540:Her Georgia Jazz Band
1504:Her Georgia Jazz Band
1471:Her Georgia Jazz Band
1440:Her Georgia Jazz Band
1409:Her Georgia Jazz Band
1273:Her Georgia Jazz Band
1242:Her Georgia Jazz Band
1138:Her Georgia Jazz Band
567:and was added to the
412:
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314:Rabbit's Foot Company
201:Rabbit Foot Minstrels
32:For "Maw Raney", see
7412:AntĂ´nio Carlos Jobim
6315:Beatrice Hirsch Haas
6299:Dorothy Rogers Tilly
6079:Katie Hall Underwood
6074:Ellamae Ellis League
5970:Beulah Rucker Oliver
5939:Lillian Gordy Carter
5848:Susan Dowdell Myrick
5817:Helen Douglas Mankin
5786:Grace Towns Hamilton
5667:Lula Dobbs McEachern
5545:Julia Collier Harris
5524:Lucy Barrow McIntire
5452:Anna Colquitt Hunter
5276:Awards for Ma Rainey
5213:Gertrude "Ma" Rainey
4567:. December 18, 2020.
4424:on November 10, 2013
4165:www.thejaxsonmag.com
3863:Papa Charlie Jackson
3829:Papa Charlie Jackson
3718:Eddie Miller (piano)
3687:Eddie Miller (piano)
2463:"Morning Hour Blues"
1954:"Slave to the Blues"
1572:"Countin' the Blues"
1167:"Those Dogs of Mine"
823:"Barrel House Blues"
638:2020 film adaptation
122:classic female blues
7547:The Louvin Brothers
7392:George Beverly Shea
6833:The Everly Brothers
6232:Laura Pope Forester
6152:Mary Dorothy Lyndon
5996:Mary Gregory Jewett
5812:Edith Lenora Foster
5755:Alice Woodby McKane
5698:Julia Lester Dillon
5620:Laura Askew Haygood
5555:Carrie Steele Logan
5514:Mary Ann Harris Gay
5478:Nellie Peters Black
5447:Selena Sloan Butler
5426:Ruth Hartley Mosley
5354:Juliette Gordon Low
5020:Mother of the Blues
4866:Ledger-enquirer.com
4842:on January 29, 2016
3859:"Big Feeling Blues"
3684:"Screech Owl Blues"
3042:"Georgia Cake Walk"
2887:"Slow Driving Moan"
2732:"Damper Down Blues"
2533:"Soon This Morning"
2401:"Broken Soul Blues"
2016:"Titanic Man Blues"
1765:"Stormy Seas Blues"
1499:See See Rider Blues
1338:Shave 'Em Dry Blues
1239:"South Bound Blues"
929:"Last Minute Blues"
577:Library of Congress
565:Grammy Hall of Fame
561:See See Rider Blues
367:Rainey and the band
213:See See Rider Blues
189:Mother of the Blues
8004:Abdul "Duke" Fakir
7582:Jefferson Airplane
7502:Kris Kristofferson
7492:The Isley Brothers
7140:The Staple Singers
6878:The Mills Brothers
6843:Stéphane Grappelli
6828:Bobby "Blue" Bland
6502:The Rolling Stones
6237:Allie Murray Smith
6121:Ludie Clay Andrews
6100:Clermont Huger Lee
6069:Sarah Harper Heard
6043:Allie Carroll Hart
5991:Lollie Belle Wylie
5760:Nina Anderson Pape
5703:Leila Ross Wilburn
5625:Ellen Axson Wilson
5615:Sallie Ellis Davis
5493:Lugenia Burns Hope
5061:Too Late, Too Late
5057:Too Late, Too Late
5053:Too Late, Too Late
5009:Lieb, pp. 189–191.
4711:The New York Times
4619:Santelli, Robert.
4583:The New York Times
4043:The New York Times
3865:(duet & banjo)
3831:(duet & banjo)
3789:Georgia Tom Dorsey
3750:Georgia Tom Dorsey
3715:"Black Dust Blues"
3649:Georgia Tom Dorsey
3610:Georgia Tom Dorsey
3571:Georgia Tom Dorsey
3532:Georgia Tom Dorsey
3528:"Tough Luck Blues"
3492:Georgia Tom Dorsey
3453:Georgia Tom Dorsey
2856:"Dead Drunk Blues"
2763:"Gone Daddy Blues"
2111:"Oh My Babe Blues"
2048:"Chain Gang Blues"
1828:"Night Time Blues"
1608:"Cell Bound Blues"
1537:"Jelly Bean Blues"
1204:"Lucky Rock Blues"
601:In popular culture
369:
244:Blues Hall of Fame
8246:Age controversies
8208:
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8138:Charlie Christian
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7871:The Clark Sisters
7507:Armando Manzanero
7452:Lightnin' Hopkins
7422:The Memphis Horns
7377:The Kingston Trio
7130:Jelly Roll Morton
7064:The Funk Brothers
6763:Arthur Rubinstein
6642:Vladimir Horowitz
6487:Leonard Bernstein
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6268:Josephine Wilkins
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5457:Hazel Jane Raines
5421:Margaret Mitchell
5390:Viola Ross Napier
5359:Flannery O'Connor
4585:. June 12, 2019.
4211:978-0-14-006223-6
3974:. April 22, 2023.
3883:
3882:
3785:"Black Eye Blues"
3606:"Sweet Rough Man"
3376:"Traveling Blues"
3104:"Moonshine Blues"
2175:Stack O'Lee Blues
1860:"Levee Camp Moan"
1437:"Toad Frog Blues"
1406:"Booze and Blues"
894:"Moonshine Blues"
620:, a 1982 play by
606:Sterling A. Brown
499:Legacy and honors
377:Paramount Records
337:Joe "King" Oliver
275:Columbus, Georgia
246:, as well as the
240:Columbus, Georgia
158:
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99:December 22, 1939
89:Columbus, Georgia
71:Gertrude Pridgett
16:(Redirected from
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8286:Bisexual singers
8123:Early influences
7968:The Four Seasons
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7004:Rosemary Clooney
6793:Barbra Streisand
6567:Arturo Toscanini
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5719:Mathilda Beasley
5641:Julia L. Coleman
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3662:Twelve-bar blues
3623:Twelve-bar blues
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3545:Twelve-bar blues
3505:Twelve-bar blues
3421:Twelve-bar blues
3385:Twelve-bar blues
3350:Twelve-bar blues
3280:Twelve-bar blues
3271:"Hustlin' Blues"
3245:Twelve-bar blues
3210:Twelve-bar blues
3201:"Log Camp Blues"
3175:Twelve-bar blues
3138:Her Georgia Band
3107:Her Georgia Band
3076:Her Georgia Band
3045:Her Georgia Band
3014:Her Georgia Band
2983:Her Georgia Band
2952:Her Georgia Band
2921:Her Georgia Band
2890:Her Georgia Band
2865:Twelve-bar blues
2859:Her Georgia Band
2828:Her Georgia Band
2797:Her Georgia Band
2766:Her Georgia Band
2741:Twelve-bar blues
2735:Her Georgia Band
2704:Her Georgia Band
2701:"Blues Oh Blues"
2679:Twelve-bar blues
2673:Her Georgia Band
2648:Twelve-bar blues
2578:Twelve-bar blues
2542:Twelve-bar blues
2536:Her Georgia Band
2511:Twelve-bar blues
2505:Her Georgia Boys
2480:Twelve-bar blues
2404:Her Georgia Band
2379:Twelve-bar blues
2373:Her Georgia Band
2342:Her Georgia Band
2316:Twelve-bar blues
2275:Her Georgia Band
2243:Her Georgia Band
2240:"Jealousy Blues"
2217:Twelve-bar blues
2211:Her Georgia Band
2180:Her Georgia Band
2145:Her Georgia Band
2114:Her Georgia Band
2088:Twelve-bar blues
2057:Twelve-bar blues
2051:Her Georgia Band
2019:Her Georgia Band
1988:Her Georgia Band
1963:Twelve-bar blues
1957:Her Georgia Band
1932:Twelve-bar blues
1926:Her Georgia Band
1894:Her Georgia Band
1863:Her Georgia Band
1837:Twelve-bar blues
1831:Her Georgia Band
1806:Twelve-bar blues
1800:Her Georgia Band
1774:Twelve-bar blues
1768:Her Georgia Band
1712:Twelve-bar blues
1680:Twelve-bar blues
1648:Twelve-bar blues
1581:Twelve-bar blues
1477:Twelve-bar blues
1446:Twelve-bar blues
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1384:Twelve-bar blues
1377:The Pruitt Twins
1344:The Pruitt Twins
1314:Twelve-bar blues
1308:Blues Serenaders
1211:Blues Serenaders
1176:Blues Serenaders
1107:Blues Serenaders
1078:Twelve-bar blues
1071:The Pruitt Twins
1045:Twelve-bar blues
1038:The Pruitt Twins
1012:Twelve-bar blues
1006:Blues Serenaders
977:Twelve-bar blues
971:Blues Serenaders
964:"Southern Blues"
942:Twelve-bar blues
936:Blues Serenaders
901:Blues Serenaders
865:Blues Serenaders
836:Twelve-bar blues
830:Blues Serenaders
794:Blues Serenaders
761:Twelve-bar blues
755:Blues Serenaders
748:"Bad Luck Blues"
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588:Carson McCullers
557:U.S. Post Office
551:in 1983 and the
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3645:"Runaway Blues"
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3466:Eight-bar blues
3456:
3434:
2794:"Oh Papa Blues"
2670:"Big Boy Blues"
2607:
2571:
2470:
2272:"Seeking Blues"
1592:Louis Armstrong
1557:Louis Armstrong
1521:Louis Armstrong
1351:Eight-bar blues
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999:"Walking Blues"
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626:Theresa Merritt
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509:Louis Armstrong
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433:Angela Y. Davis
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331:. Wintering in
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209:Bo-Weevil Blues
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254:-winning film
217:blues standard
215:" (1925), the
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7936:
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7891:Tammy Wynette
7889:
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7876:Gladys Knight
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7802:Talking Heads
7800:
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7787:Marilyn Horne
7785:
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7729:
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7709:
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7682:Black Sabbath
7680:
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7610:
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7552:Wayne Shorter
7550:
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7542:Flaco Jiménez
7540:
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7527:Pierre Boulez
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7447:Charlie Haden
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7407:Glen Campbell
7405:
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7360:
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7309:
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7297:
7294:
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7281:The Four Tops
7279:
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7213:
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7175:Richard Pryor
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7105:Carter Family
7102:
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6407:Frank Sinatra
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6201:Juanita Marsh
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7767:2021–present
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7657:Louis Jordan
7647:Neil Diamond
7467:Ravi Shankar
7417:George Jones
7382:Dolly Parton
7336:André Previn
7331:Loretta Lynn
7261:Earl Scruggs
7241:Cab Calloway
7200:Maria Callas
7120:Led Zeppelin
7115:Janis Joplin
7110:Morton Gould
7069:Ella Jenkins
7039:Glenn Miller
6974:Tony Bennett
6943:Mitch Miller
6908:Otis Redding
6888:Paul Robeson
6838:Judy Garland
6803:Dave Brubeck
6708:Muddy Waters
6703:Jimi Hendrix
6612:Bessie Smith
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6582:Fred Astaire
6542:Woody Herman
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5975:Ethel Harpst
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3254:Band led by
3219:Band led by
3184:Band led by
2640:Jimmy Blythe
2467:Jimmy Blythe
2308:Jimmy Blythe
1305:Lovie Austin
1208:Lovie Austin
1173:Lovie Austin
1104:Lovie Austin
1003:Lovie Austin
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140:Years active
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8226:1939 deaths
8221:1886 births
8171:Carole King
8064:Zola Taylor
8052:David Lynch
8038:Pete Quaife
8030:Dave Davies
8012:Levi Stubbs
7961:Bobby Darin
7792:Salt-N-Pepa
7736:Isaac Hayes
7672:Tina Turner
7622:Nina Simone
7607:Ahmad Jamal
7512:Maud Powell
7482:The Beatles
7457:Carole King
7442:Glenn Gould
7341:Clark Terry
7316:Bobby Darin
7296:Dean Martin
7180:The Weavers
7150:David Bowie
7094:Eddy Arnold
7059:Van Cliburn
7044:Tito Puente
6999:Count Basie
6898:Johnny Cash
6883:Roy Orbison
6863:Frank Zappa
6848:Buddy Holly
6813:Georg Solti
6808:Marvin Gaye
6773:Patsy Cline
6743:Fats Waller
6738:Pete Seeger
6733:Bill Monroe
6718:Chet Atkins
6693:James Brown
6683:Kitty Wells
6678:John Lennon
6637:Miles Davis
6557:Isaac Stern
6537:Fats Domino
6532:Ray Charles
6472:Chuck Berry
6397:Bing Crosby
5483:Ellen Craft
5031:Ma Rainey.
5018:Ma Rainey.
4974:December 4,
4948:October 24,
4897:February 6,
4634:"Ma Rainey"
4550:Lieb, p. 90
4541:Lieb, p. 40
4532:Lieb, p. 39
4347:Lieb, p. 37
4335:Lieb, p. 35
4326:Lieb, p. 28
4317:Lieb, p. 27
4308:Lieb, p. 26
4299:Lieb, p. 25
4290:Lieb, p. 23
4281:Lieb, p. 21
4272:Lieb, p. 20
4263:Lieb, p. 19
4254:Lieb, p. 15
3432:Georgia Tom
3396:Georgia Tom
3361:Georgia Tom
3326:Georgia Tom
3291:Georgia Tom
3256:Georgia Tom
3221:Georgia Tom
3186:Georgia Tom
2604:Blind Blake
2568:Blind Blake
2472:Blind Blake
719:Sandra Lieb
634:Viola Davis
435:noted that
373:Mamie Smith
349:Pops Foster
333:New Orleans
8215:Categories
8108:Keith Moon
8086:Paul Simon
8034:Ray Davies
8026:Mick Avory
7982:Nick Massi
7978:Bob Gaudio
7974:Tom DeVito
7946:Performers
7852:Ann Wilson
7837:Slick Rick
7746:John Prine
7662:The Meters
7642:Hal Blaine
7567:Celia Cruz
7562:Ruth Brown
7462:Patti Page
7427:Diana Ross
7367:Roy Haynes
7301:Tom Paxton
7291:Brenda Lee
7286:Hank Jones
7271:Gene Autry
7099:Art Blakey
7084:Doc Watson
7079:Artie Shaw
7029:Etta James
7009:Perry Como
6984:Bob Marley
6873:Bo Diddley
6753:Bill Evans
6602:Lena Horne
6105:Lucile Nix
5519:Nancy Hart
4745:Okayplayer
4610:Lieb, p. 1
4242:Lieb, p. 5
4200:. p.
4193:Deep Blues
4177:Lieb, p. 3
4098:Lieb, p. 2
3904:References
1135:"Ya-Da-Do"
676:non-blues.
664:Recordings
469:vaudeville
268:Early life
193:vaudeville
131:Occupation
82:1886-04-26
67:Birth name
8145:Ma Rainey
8060:Paul Robi
8056:Herb Reed
8020:The Kinks
7994:Four Tops
7832:Ma Rainey
7627:Sly Stone
7532:Buddy Guy
7497:Kraftwerk
7352:2011–2020
7256:Max Roach
7246:Doris Day
7221:Bob Wills
7210:The Doors
7190:Joan Baez
6959:2001–2010
6918:Mel Tormé
6903:Sam Cooke
6778:Peggy Lee
6673:Bob Dylan
6658:1991–2000
6617:Art Tatum
6552:B.B. King
6517:Roy Acuff
6387:1963–1990
6263:Hedy West
5395:Ma Rainey
5262:Ma Rainey
5247:Ma Rainey
5238:Ma Rainey
5229:Ma Rainey
4719:0362-4331
4591:0362-4331
4364:Billboard
4147:Ma Rainey
4051:0362-4331
3950:April 20,
3909:Footnotes
3794:Tampa Red
3755:Tampa Red
3654:Tampa Red
3615:Tampa Red
3576:Tampa Red
3537:Tampa Red
3497:Tampa Red
3458:Tampa Red
3315:Non-blues
3144:Non-blues
3020:Non-blues
2958:Non-blues
2834:Non-blues
2803:Non-blues
2710:Non-blues
2441:Non-blues
2410:Non-blues
2348:Non-blues
2249:Non-blues
2151:Non-blues
2120:Non-blues
1994:Non-blues
1900:Non-blues
1869:Non-blues
1279:Non-blues
1248:Non-blues
1182:Non-blues
1144:Non-blues
1113:Non-blues
871:Non-blues
716:issue no.
714:Paramount
703:Recording
495:in 1939.
405:cornetist
379:producer
232:Tampa Red
153:Paramount
144:1899–1939
43:Ma Rainey
7741:Iggy Pop
7522:Bee Gees
7236:The Band
7014:Al Green
5242:AllMusic
5216:Archived
5117:AllMusic
4968:The Wrap
4799:March 4,
4596:March 4,
4190:(1981).
4012:(1997).
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729:Document
648:Mo'Nique
181:Pridgett
164:Gertrude
8094:The Who
7827:Nirvana
7726:Chicago
7592:Run-DMC
7387:Ramones
6989:The Who
5233:Discogs
5222:at the
5135:Sources
5081:Xlibris
4871:July 6,
4846:July 6,
4820:July 6,
4370:June 9,
3856:1928/10
3822:1928/10
3791:(piano)
3782:1928/09
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2186:Ballad
734:Notes
700:Matrix
653:Bessie
234:, and
172:Rainey
149:Labels
134:Singer
110:Genres
91:, U.S.
7881:N.W.A
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7808:2022
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7678:2019
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6403:1965
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6174:2020s
5896:2010s
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3886:Notes
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3853:20144
3834:12718
3819:20921
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6277:2023
6246:2022
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6184:2020
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5502:1997
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5337:1992
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5125:2022
5098:2022
5085:ISBN
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4976:2020
4950:2020
4918:ISBN
4899:2023
4873:2018
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4752:2020
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