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In 1896, Handy joined W. A. Mahara’s Minstrels, as its bandleader. He stayed with the group for several years. Handy worked with a few other bands and ended up in Memphis in the early 1900s. He wrote his first song in 1909—a campaign song called “Mr. Crump” for a candidate for mayor of Memphis. ... SEARCH BIOGRAPHY.COM...
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W. C. Handy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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William Christopher Handy (November 16, 1873 – March 28, 1958) was a blues composer and musician, often known as the "Father of the Blues". Handy remains among the most influential of American songwr...
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William Christopher Handy, the "Father of the Blues," was born in Florence, Alabama, on November 16, 1873. Both his father and grandfather were ministers. He got his first lessons on the cornet in a barber shop, not an unusual spot for musical lessons at the time.
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Name at birth: William Christopher Handy ... Nicely done biography ... Biography, photos and more from the University of North Alabam...
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in New York City in 1918. The prolific composer, arranger and publisher copyrighted more than 150 songs before his death in New York on March 28, 1958. Later that year, the movie biography St. Louis Blues cast another Alabama native, Nat "King" Cole, in the role of W.C. Handy.
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In addition to composing, Handy worked laboriously at compiling blues tunes which he published in a book called Blues: An Anthology in 1926. He later published Negro Authors And Composers of the United States (1935), and Unsung Americans Sung (1944). His biography, Father of the Blues was published in 1941.
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William Christopher Handy was born in Florence, AL, in 1873. His early years were spent living in a log cabin built by his grandfather, a local minister (as was his father). Handy was musical from an early age, and took lessons on the cornet from a local barbershop.
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Get W.C. Handy biography information. ... W.C. Handy, the "Father of the Blues," brought the music of rural Southern blacks into the mainstream by copyrighting old songs and writing new songs, spurring the blues into the mainstream of popular music during the 1910s and '20s. He was also a highly trained veteran of the...
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