W. C. Handy
William Christopher Handy (November 16, 1873 - March 28, 1958) was an African American blues composer, often known as "The Father of the Blues".
External links
Listen
- Handy's Memphis Blues Band 1922 performance of St. Louis Blues: audio on redhotjazz.com
- Bessie Smith sings the Saint Louis Blues, accompanied by Louis Armstrong and Fred Longshaw, 1925: audio on redhotjazz.com
Read
- W.C. Handy website @ the University of North Alabama, Florence
- Official Site of the Annual W.C. Handy Music Festival in Florence, AL
- W.C. Handy's 1993 Lifework Award for Performing Achievement; Induction into the Alabama Music Hall of Fame
- The Blues Foundation's W.C. Handy Blues Awards
- Book excerpt on Handy by Tom Morgan
- Year of the Blues Official website
- Brief W.C. Handy biography by Maisah B. Robinson, Ph.D.
- Rare American Sheet Music Collection at Duke University; shows musical content of published sheet music
- United States Library of Congress African-American Sheet Music Collection, 1850-1920 (from Brown University) - a searchable database - shows copies of original works
- Photographs of W.C. Handy's gravesite
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