From the Time magazine (August 8, 1960) I discovered this small music review of a blues artist by the name of Ma Rainey, an artist that I am totally unfamiliar with, so I searched more details on the internet of this artist:
Ma Rainey
Gertrude "Ma" Rainey was an influential American blues singer and early blues recording artist. Dubbed the "Mother of the Blues", she bridged earlier vaudeville and the authentic expression of southern blues, influencing a generation of blues singers. Wikipedia
Birth name: Gertrude Pridgett
Born: April 26, 1886, Columbus, Georgia, U.S.
Died: December 22, 1939, Columbus, Georgia, U.S.
More details: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ma_Rainey
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