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'MA' RAINEY
(1886 - 1939)
BLUES SINGER
Commercial
cover postmarked Newark, New Jersey, 14 October 1994.
While
on tour in Chicago 'Ma' Rainey was arrested for hosting
an
indecent party for women only. Rainey was jailed. The next
morning
Bessie Smith arrived and paid the bail of $ 1,000.
Copyright Louis Paul Hennefeld 1983 - 2004
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