Birth Name: Ma Rainey
Occupation: Blues Singer
Place Of Birth: Columbus
Date Of Birth: April 26, 1886
Date Of Death: December 22, 1939
Cause Of Death: N/A
Ethnicity: Unknown
Nationality: American
Ma Rainey was born on the 26th of April, 1886. She was popular for being a Blues Singer. The Mother of the Blues who was among the first singers to infuse folk blues music into her performances. She recorded more than one hundred songs over the course of her career, including “See See Rider.”
Ma Rainey was born in Columbus. Beginning her singing career at the Springer Opera House at the turn of the twentieth century, she and her husband toured around the South performing in tent shows and cabarets. Her works were distinguished for their simplicity and lack of adornment; she essentially took the songs of hardship and struggle of African Americans and retold them on the stage.
Ma Rainey was a Taurus and was born in the G.I. Generation.
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Childhood
Ma Rainey was born in 1880s.
Ma Rainey is part of G.I. Generation also known as The Greatest Generation. This generation experienced much of their youth during the Great Depression and rapid technological innovation such as the radio and the telephone. The initials "G.I." is military terminology referring to "Government Issue" or "General Issue".
Education
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Family
Ma Rainey’s mother’s name is unknown at this time and her father’s name is under review. We will continue to update information on Ma Rainey’s parents.
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Personal Life
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Ma Rainey was born in the Year of the Dog.
Fast Facts
| REAL NAME: | Ma Rainey |
| NICKNAME: | Ma |
| RELIGION: | Unknown |
| AGE GENERATION: | G.I. Generation |
| BIRTH SIGN: | Taurus |
| BIRTH DAY: | Monday |
| DEATH DAY: | Friday |
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Horoscope
Zodiac Sign: Ma Rainey was a Taurus. People of this zodiac sign like cooking, romance, working with hands and dislike sudden changes, complications, and insecurity. The strengths of this sign are being reliable, patient, practical, devoted, responsible, stable, while weaknesses can be stubborn, possessive and uncompromising. The greatest overall compatibility with Taurus is Scorpio and Cancer.
Chinese Zodiac: Ma Rainey was born in the Year of the Dragon. People born under this sign are fiercely loyal and can always keep a secret. They're not afraid of the hardships in life, but they also tend to worry too much sometimes.
Ruling Planet: Ma Rainey had a ruling planet of Venus and has a ruling planet of Venus and by astrological associations Friday is ruled by Venus. Venus is the planet of love, harmony, money and possessions. Venus is graceful, charming, sensual and social. People who are born with Mars as the ruling planet have beauty, charm and sensuality.
Ma Rainey’s birth sign is Taurus and she had a ruling planet of Venus.
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