Images of Ma Rainey and her Songs
Ma Rainey, 1916
Close-up on the Paramount Record Company’s ad for 1928 song “Prove It On Me Blues”
Ma and her Georgia Band
Prove It On Me Blues record
Ma honored on a U.S. stamp
Paramount Record Company’s ad for “Prove It On Me Blues”
Ma Rainey IRL
- Inducted into the Blues Foundation’s Hall of Fame in 1983
- Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1990 as an “early influence”
- Honored on a U.S. postage stamp in 1994
- Museum at her house in Columbus, GA