W.C. Handy



First NameWilliam
Middle NameChristopher
Last NameHandy
Full Name at BirthWilliam Christopher Handy
Other NamesWilliam Christopher Handy
Age84 (age at death)
Date of BirthNovember 16, 1873
Date of DeathMarch 29, 1958
Star SignScorpio
Occupation CategoryJazz Musician
Music GenreBlues, Piano
Music StyleEarly American Blues
Music MoodEarnest, Sophisticated, Literate, Confident, Amiable/Good-Natured, Organic, Boisterous
InstrumentPiano, Songwriter, Bandleader
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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".


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Filmography

Selected W.C. Handy film and TV show credits:


Music Department Credits

1986
Death of a Soldier
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1959
La rebelión de los adolescentes
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1929
St. Louis Blues
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Producer Credits

1929
St. Louis Blues
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Soundtrack Credits

2008
Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood
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2008
The Last Christmas Party
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2005
The Eight
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2005
No Direction Home: Bob Dylan
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2004
The Aviator
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2004
Kill Bill: Vol. 2
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2004
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
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2003
Mwah! The Best of the Dinah Shore Show
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2001
The Cat's Meow
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2001
The Majestic
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1999
The Thirteenth Floor
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1998
Where the Heart Is
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1997
Wild Man Blues
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1995
Cybill
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1994
Exit to Eden
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1994
The Client
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1989
John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick
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1984
Karkalou
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1968
Savages from Hell
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1965
The Love Goddesses
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1963
The Judy Garland Show
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1962
Ring-a-Ding Rhythm!
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1958
St. Louis Blues
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1958
The Defiant Ones
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1958
Jazz Party
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1957
Satchmo the Great
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1956
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
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1956
The Tennessee Ernie Ford Show
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1956
Juventud desenfrenada
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1955
Pete Kelly's Blues
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1953
The Glenn Miller Story
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1953
The I Don't Care Girl
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1952
The Liberace Show
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1951
The Strip
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1951
This Is Music
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1948
Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall
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1947
New Orleans
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1947
Columbia Thrills of Music: Boyd Raeburn and His Orchestra
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1946
Do You Love Me
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1945
The Crimson Canary
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1945
Flirty Birdy
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1944
Jam Session
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1944
Hi, Good Lookin'!
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1943
A Guy Named Joe
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1943
Bataan
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1943
Is Everybody Happy?
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1943
So's Your Uncle
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1942
The Gay Sisters
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1941
Birth of the Blues
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1939
Moon Over Harlem
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1939
St. Louis Blues
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1938
Sweethearts
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1938
Vitaphone Capers
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1937
Stella Dallas
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1937
Community Sing: Series 2, No. 1
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1936
Banjo on My Knee
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1936
The Black Network
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1934
Belle of the Nineties
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1934
Rambling 'Round Radio Row
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1933
Baby Face
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1933
Hold Your Man
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1933
King Kong
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1933
Ladies They Talk About
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1933
The Emperor Jones
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1933
The Mind Reader
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1933
Barber Shop Blues
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1933
That's the Spirit
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1933
Seasoned Greetings
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1933
Borrah Minnevitch and His Harmonica Rascals
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1932
Faithless
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1932
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang
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1932
Rain
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1932
Red-Headed Woman
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1932
Scarface
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1932
The Age of Consent
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1932
Winner Take All
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1932
Young Bride
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1932
Dancers in the Dark
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1932
The Musical Doctor
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1932
Those Blues
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1931
Night Nurse
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1931
Safe in Hell
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1931
Blue Rhythm
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1931
What Price Pants
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1931
Nine O'Clock Folks
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1931
Sky High
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1930
Up the River
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1930
Dixie Days
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1929
Hallelujah!
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1929
St. Louis Blues
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1929
Is Everybody Happy?
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1929
Metro Movietone Revue
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Timex All-Star Jazz Show
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