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William Christopher Handy (16 Nov 1873 - 28 Mar 1958)

Male Person - United States

 Also known as (3)

Releases (1)

Official

Album - Compilation

  1. W.C. Handy's Memphis Blues Band 1994

Relationships (5)

Tribute Artists

  1. W.C. Handy Allstars

Member Of

  1. Handy's Orchestra original
  2. W.C. Handy's Memphis Blues Band original
  3. Handy's Orchestra of Memphis original

Children

  1. Katherine Handy

Recordings by (15)

  1. St Louis Blues 11:06 (1990)
  2. St. Louis Blues 2:53 (1994)
  3. Loveless Love 2:57 (1994)
  4. Beale Street Blues 2:48 (1994)
  5. 'Way Down South Where The Blues Begin 3:04 (1994)
  6. Mister Crump 2:02 (1997)
  7. Mr. Crump 0:42 (1998)
  8. The Hesitating Blues 2:56 (2001)
  9. St. Louis Blues 3:02 (09 Sep 2003)
  10. Beale Street Blues 2:42 (09 Sep 2003)
  11. Moonlight Blues ?:?? (2010)
  12. Saint‐Louis Blues 2:04 (Sep 2014)
  13. Careless Love 11:01 ()
  14. Memphis Blues 2:05 ()
  15. Saint-Louis Blues 2:33 ()

On Recordings (2)

Arranged

  1. Careless Love 9:27 Chris Barber Jazz & Blues Band (1991)

Vocals

  1. George Avakian's Interview With W.C. Handy 4:25 Louis Armstrong (2006) spoken vocals

Credited as (11)

  1. William Christopher Handy
  2. William Christopher Handy & J. Russel Robinson
  3. W.C. Handy
  4. Handy
  5. W. C. Handy
  6. Johann Sebastian Bach, Heitor Villa‐Lobos, Leonard Bernstein, William Christopher Handy, John Lennon, Paul McCartney; Die 12 Cellisten der Berliner Philharmoniker
  7. William Christopher Handy & George A. Norton
  8. William Christopher Handy / Jerry Nowak
  9. Rex Stewart feat. W.C. Handy
  10. William C. Handy
  11. W. C. Handy Blues, Katharine Handy Lewis, James P. Johnson

Works (37)

Arranged

  1. Oh, Didn’t He Ramble

Wrote

  1. Boogie Woogie on Saint Louis Blues
  2. Careless Love
  3. Atlanta Blues (Make Me One Pallet on Your Floor)
  4. Ole Miss Blues
  5. New Orleans Function
  6. About Her
  7. Long Gone

Composed

  1. The Memphis Blues (1912)
  2. St. Louis Blues (1913)
  3. Loveless Love
  4. Beale Street Blues
  5. Beale Street Blues
  6. Aunt Hagar’s Blues
  7. Yellow Dog Blues
  8. The Hesitating Blues
  9. Ole Miss Rag
  10. Long Gone (From Bowlin' Green)
  11. Chantez-les bas (Sing 'em Low)
  12. Ole Miss
  13. The Basement Blues
  14. Harlem Blues
  15. St. Louis Blues
  16. Friendless Blues
  17. Negrita
  18. St. Louis Blues March
  19. Joe Turner Blues
  20. Negerbegräbnis

Lyrics

  1. St. Louis Blues (1913)
  2. Loveless Love
  3. Beale Street Blues
  4. Yellow Dog Blues
  5. The Hesitating Blues
  6. Chantez-les bas (Sing 'em Low)
  7. The Basement Blues
  8. Harlem Blues
  9. Beale Street Blues

Links (18)

Other Databases

  1. https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/101964
  2. https://d-nb.info/gnd/129347906
  3. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n50024270
  4. https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-985022
  5. https://www.ibdb.com/person.php?id=83855
  6. http://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w64f1rv7
  7. https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb12378942r
  8. https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n50024270
  9. https://openlibrary.org/works/OL888633A

Last.Fm

  1. https://www.last.fm/music/W.C.+Handy

IMSLP

  1. https://imslp.org/wiki/Category:Handy,_W._C.

Discogs

  1. https://www.discogs.com/artist/782861

Allmusic

  1. https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mn0000195430

Imdb

  1. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0359712/

VIAF ID

  1. http://viaf.org/viaf/66546785

Wikidata

  1. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q352967

Secondhandsongs

  1. https://secondhandsongs.com/artist/1815

Biographies

  1. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=441&pt=W.%20C.%20Handy