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Source Collection
Memphis Press-Scimitar newspaper morgue, Special Collections Department, University of Memphis Libraries
Identifier
sc.0475.0133a_01.003
Description
Composer and musician W.C. Handy, known as the "Father of the Blues", in 1955. 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 style with a limited audience to a national level of popularity.
Date Created
6-22-2021
Date
1955
Recommended Citation
"W.C. Handy, 1955" (2021). Music. 21.
https://digitalcommons.memphis.edu/speccoll-mss-mpressscimitar3/21
Keywords
Handy, W.C. (William Christopher), 1873-1958, Blues (music)--Tennessee--Memphis
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