Birth Place: Columbus, Georgia, U.S.A.

Birth Name: Gertrude Melissa Nix Pridgett 

Also Called:
Mother Of The Blues

Member of:
Ma Rainey & Her Georgia Jazz Band
Ma Rainey & Her Tub Jug Washboard Band
Ma Rainey & Papa Charlie Jackson

Genres:
Blues
Jazz

Did You Know: He died on December 22, 1939 in Columbus, Georgia, U.S.A.