Today is the birthday of Star of Vaudeville #319: Ma Rainey (for my full article on this important performer go here). Here she is in a 1925 recording of that old blues standard “See See Rider” along with an obscure sideman known as Louis Armstrong. To find out about the history of vaudeville, consult No [...]
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 07:56AM on April 26, 2013