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Ma Rainey
real name Gertrude Pridgett
Columbus, United States · 1886-04-26 – 1939-12-22
Ma Rainey is credited on 1,174 releases across 348 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1952–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
1,174
Credits
348
Albums
8
Decades active
175
In collections
Biography
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American blues singer and songwriter, born April 26, 1886, Columbus, Georgia, USA, died December 22, 1939, Rome, Georgia, USA
Inducted into Rock And Roll Hall of Fame in 1990 (Early Influence).
Bio from Discogs
Credited work
1,174 releases · 348 albums · active 1952–2025
- Performance · 1,446
- Other credits · 3
Studios: A&R Studios · Original Sound Studio · Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey · Pep's Lounge
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Aloha From Hawaii Via Satellite
1973
Home Cookin'
1961
Elvis In Concert
1977
On Stage (February, 1970)
1970
Odetta And The Blues
1962
Animalization
1966
Retrospective
2004
Janis
1975
The Best Of Mississippi John Hurt
1971
The Great Ray Charles Soul Feelin'
1963
The Ultimate Performance
1981
Duets
1978
This One's For Blanton
1975
The "Killer" Rocks On
1972
Empty Bed Blues
1971
The Best Of Eric Burdon And The Animals – Vol. II
1967
Big Bill Broonzy
1967
(Turn On) The Music Machine
1966
All I Really Want To Do
1965
Up With Donald Byrd
1965
Lock Up Your Mothers
1994
Rock And Roll
1973
Lady Sings The Blues (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
1972
Live At Pep's
1965
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