Top W.c. Handy Albums
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W.C. Handy Choral Renaissance: From Blues to Triumph - EP
W.C. Handy Choral Renaissance: From Blues to Triumph - EP
[2018]
They That Sow in Tears, Shall Reap in Joy - Single
They That Sow in Tears, Shall Reap in Joy - Single
[2018]
W.C. Handy's Memphis Blues Band (Re-mastered)
W.C. Handy's Memphis Blues Band (Re-mastered)
[2005]
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William Christopher Handy (November 16, 1873 – March 28, 1958) was a blues composer and musician. He was widely known as the "Father of the Blues".Handy remains among the most influential of American songwriters. Though he was one of many musicians who played the distinctively American form of music known as the blues, he is credited with giving it its contemporary form. While Handy was not the first to publish music in the blues form, he took the blues from a regional music style with a limited audience to one of the dominant national forces in American music.Handy was an educated musician who used folk material in his compositions. He was scrupulous in documenting the sources of his works, which frequently combined stylistic inf... read more
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