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Handy was honored with two markers on the Mississippi Blues Trail, the "Enlightenment of W.C. Handy" in Clarksdale, Mississippi and a marker at his birthplace in Florence, Alabama. [50] [51] Blues Music Award was known as the W. C. Handy Award until the name change in 2006. W. C. Handy Music Festival is held annually in Florence, Alabama. [52]
St. Louis Blues is a 1958 American film broadly based on the life of W. C. Handy. It stars jazz and blues greats Nat "King" Cole, Pearl Bailey, Cab Calloway, Ella Fitzgerald, Eartha Kitt, and Barney Bigard, as well as gospel singer Mahalia Jackson and actress Ruby Dee. The film's soundtrack uses over ten of Handy's songs, including the title song.
The death referenced in an old version was the son of a Kentucky governor. [2] Although published accounts have cited 1926 as the copyright date, [3] W. C. Handy copyrighted "Loveless Love" in 1921 under Pace & Handy Music Co. [4] A recording by Bessie Smith titled "Careless Love Blues" was very popular in 1925. [5]
James Reese Europe (February 22, 1880 [1] – May 9, 1919) was an American ragtime and early jazz bandleader, arranger, and composer.He was the leading figure on the African-American music scene of New York City in the 1910s.
In 1912, Pace met and collaborated with W. C. Handy, who took a liking to him; they wrote songs together. In Memphis, Pace also met and married Ethylene Bibb. Pace and Handy founded the Pace and Handy Music Company, which brought Pace to New York City. Around 1920, the company began working with composers William Grant Still and Fletcher Henderson.
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The New York Times, citing Social Security Administration death records, also reported Calley's death. Calls to numbers listed for Calley's son, William L. Calley III, were not returned. American ...
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