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This be an empty world without the blues.

Ma Rainey

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Ma Rainey
Age: 53 †
Born: 1886
Born: April 26
Died: 1939
Died: December 22
Musician
Singer
Songwriter
Street Artist
State of Alabama
Gertrude Pridgett
Gertrude Rainey
Gertrude Ma Rainey
Gertrude Pridgett Rainey
Blues
Empty
Without
World

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