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Grammy Trustees Award: Encyclopedia - W. C. Handy

William Christopher Handy (November 16, 1873–March 28, 1958) was a African American blues composer and musician, often known as "the Father of the Blues." W. C. Handy remains among the most influential of American songwriters. Though he was one of many musicians who played the style of music that is distinctively American, he is credited with its invention not only because he was formally educated and able to notate his music for publication and hence, posterity, but because o ...

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W. C. Handy - Early life

W. C. Handy - Musical and social development

W. C. Handy - Transition: popularity fame and business

W. C. Handy - Later life

W. C. Handy - Compositions

W. C. Handy - Performances honors recognition miscellany

W. C. Handy - Awards festivals and memorials

Grammy Trustees Award: Encyclopedia - Alan Lomax

Alan Lomax (January 31, 1915 – July 19, 2002) was an American folklorist and musicologist specializing in the music of the United States and that of other nations which influenced American music. He was one of the great field collectors of folk music of the 20th century, recording hundreds of songs in the United States, Great Britain, the West Indies, Italy, and Spain. Lomax was son of pioneering musicologist and folklorist John Lomax, with whom he started his career by recording songs sung by prisoners in Texas, Louisiana, a ...

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Grammy Trustees Award: Encyclopedia II - W. C. Handy - Transition: popularity fame and business

In 1909 he and his band moved to Memphis, Tennessee and established their presence on Beale Street. At that time, American society and culture was distinctively segregated and Handy's observations of Whites responses to native Black music in conjunction with his own observations of his habits, attitudes and music of his ethnicity served as the foundation for what was later to become the style of music popularized as "the Blues". The genesis of his "Memphis Blues" was as a campaign tune originally entitled as "Mr. Crump" which he had written for Edward Crump, a Memphis, Tennessee mayoral candidate in ...

Grammy Trustees Award: Encyclopedia II - Herb Alpert - The Tijuana Brass Years

Shortly after A&M's founding, Alpert released his debut album, The Lonely Bull by Herb Alpert's Tijuana Brass. The Tijuana Brass were studio musicians; Alpert would not form a touring unit until 1965. The title cut reached #6 on the Billboard Pop Singles Chart. This was also A&M's first album (the original number was 101), and was recorded at Conway Records. The Tijuana Brass's success helped spawn other Latin acts, notably Julius Wechter (long-time friend of Alpert's and the marimba player for the Brass) and the Baja M ...

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