Ma Rainey - Ma Rainey's Black Bottom download song

Probably the best sound quality out of what seems to be only two uploads of this recording, but the first pic is of Bessie Smith...just to avoid any confusion.

So this was the precursor to Kelis's Milkshake lol

She show them all how to do this '

The first pic they showed was Bessie Smith wasn't it?

My grade 10 public school English teacher showed us this song in class, in Portugal (in the 1990s). I'm Portuguese and so was my teacher. She also told us about Sister Rosetta Tharpe and how she (my teacher) as a teen collapsed after Elvis's death was announced. She taught us that Elvis was a product of listening to all these African American women. I speak to native English speaking people from my generation who don't know any of this, because they didn't have the awesome teacher that I had. The Brits themselves for instance don't seem to have a clue, my random Portuguese ass has to teach them XD

I'm trying to transcribe this because I really can't find sheet music anywhere. Anywhere.

This song is sexy.

She is the mother of the blues

Funny how black entertainers born back than never lived very long.

Black Bottoms...yes, my grandma use to play that all the time