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My audience wants...

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My audience wants to see me beautifully gowned, and I have spared no expense or pains . . . For I feel that the best is none too good for the public that pays to hear a singer.

Source: In Norfolk Journal and Guide, 1921.
-- Ma Rainey, (Apr 26 1886-1939), US blues singer; The Mother of the Blues, was the first great black professional blues vocalist; she played vaudeville and established a recording career, 1920s.


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