Performance
W.C. Handy
W.C. Handy is credited on 35 releases across 11 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1956–2013 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
35
Pressings credited
11
Albums
7
Decades active
18
In collections
Biography
William Christopher Handy (November 16, 1873 – March 28, 1958) was an American composer and musician who referred to himself as the Father of the Blues. He 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 one of the first to publish music in the blues form, thereby taking the blues from a regional music style (Delta blues) with a limited audience to a new level of popularity. Handy used elements of folk music in his compositions. He was scrupulous in documenting the sources of his works, which frequently combined stylistic influences from various performers.
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Credited work
35 releases · 11 albums · active 1956–2013
- Performance · 35
Studios: Rendezvous Ballroom
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Frequent collaborators
- The Greenbriar Boys
- The Cousins (3)
- Herbie Fields And His Sextet
- The Golden Gate Quartet
- Louis Armstrong
- Claire Austin
- Red Nichols And His Five Pennies
- Dick Dale And His Del-Tones
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