Ma Rainey

Gertrude Pridgett, or Ma Rainey was one of the earliest known 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.
==Project V13==
The song "Slave to the Blues" by Rainey was played on the Project V13 website.
==Credits==
===Fallout series===
===Other work===
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