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W.C. Handy
Composer, Producer
Born November 16, 1873Died March 29, 1958 (84 years)
William Christopher Handy was a composer and musician who referred to himself as the Father of the Blues. Handy was one of the most influential songwriters in the United States. One of many musicians who played the distinctively American blues music, Handy did not create the blues genre but was the first to publish music in the blues form, thereby taking the blues from a regional music style with a limited audience to a new level of popularity.
Filmography
| 1953 | Person to Person (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1952 | Battle of the Ages (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1950 | This Is Your Life (US) (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1948 | The Ed Sullivan Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1948 | The Milton Berle Show (TV Series) · as Self - Composer |
| 1948 | We, the People (TV Series) · as Self - Song Writer |
| 1944 | The Negro Soldier · as Self (archive Footage) |