Ma Rainey Net Worth is
$1.5 Million

Mini Biography

Given birth to Gertrude Pridgett in Columbus, GA, in 1886, Ma Rainey is widely thought to be one of the better of the first 20th-century blues singers. She was created into a category of minstrel performers and 1st made an appearance onstage when she was 14, with age 18 wedded William “Pa” Rainey, a mentioned song-and-dance guy in minstrel displays. They began carrying out together and journeyed all around the South, both independently and as section of minstrel displays (Pa Rainey is usually reported to get fulfilled Bessie Smith while using the Rabbit Feet Minstreals, and offered her tips on carrying out). In 1923 the set signed a documenting agreement with Paramount Information, which billed her as “MOM from the Blues”. By enough time she finished her recording profession in past due 1928, she experienced recorded around 100 songs, included in this such classics as “C.C. Rider”, “Jelly Bean Blues”, “Ma Rainey’s Dark Bottom level” and “Boll Weevil Blues”. A lot of her information and performances had been supported by such music artists as Louis Armstrong, Coleman Hawkins and Buster Bailey. She was noted on her behalf flamboyant outfits while performing, often wearing dresses heavily loaded with sequins, shiny headbands and necklaces manufactured from gold coins. From the 1930s, nevertheless, her career started to fade, and she retired–a extremely rich woman–in 1933, time for her city of Columbus, where she passed away of a coronary attack in 1939.

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Quick Facts

Full Name	Ma Rainey
Died	December 22, 1939, Rome, Georgia, United States
Profession	Singer
Nationality	American
Parents	Ella Pridgett, Thomas Pridgett
Awards	Grammy Hall of Fame