W. C. Handy - Article Index

Encyclopedia - W. C. Handy: 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 Fa...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - W. C. Handy: 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 cu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1910s: Encyclopedia - 1910s
1880s 1890s 1900s - 1910s - 1920s 1930s 1940s 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1910s - Events and trends. The 1910s rep...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Blues: Encyclopedia - Blues
The blues is a vocal and instrumental form of music based on a pentatonic scale and a characteristic twelve-bar chord progression. The fo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Valedictorian: Encyclopedia - Valedictorian
In the United States and Canada, the title of valedictorian (an anglicized derivation from the Latin vale dicere 'to say farewell') is gi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Slide Guitar: Encyclopedia Ii - Slide Guitar - Samples
The following samples give an impression of the various styles of slide guitar. First is Robert Johnson's "Traveling Riverside Blues", on...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Blues: Encyclopedia Ii - Blues - History
Blues - Origins. Main articles: Origins of the blues, and [[{{{2}}}]], and [[{{{3}}}]], and [[{{{4}}}]], ... See also:Blues, Blues - ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Lap Slide Guitar: Encyclopedia Ii - Lap Slide Guitar - Playing
As previously mentioned these and other lapslide instruments are played in a different manner to the regular guitar. Instead of playing t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - St. Louis Blues Hockey: Encyclopedia Ii - St. Louis Blues Hockey - Franchise History
The Blues were one of the six teams added to the NHL in the 1967 expansion, along with the Minnesota North Stars, Los Angeles Kings, Phil...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Saint Louis Blues Film: Encyclopedia Ii - Saint Louis Blues Film - 1929 Film
Saint Louis Blues is a 1929 two-reel short movie starring Bessie Smith. The early sound film features Smith in an African-American speake...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Missionary Generation: Encyclopedia Ii - Missionary Generation - Place In Time
In Strauss and Howe's Generations categorization, The Missionaries' typical grandparents were of the Transcendental Generation. Their par...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Blues: Encyclopedia Ii - Blues - History
Blues - Origins. Main article: Origins of the blues Blues has evolved from the spare music of poor black laborers into a wide variety...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bessie Smith: Encyclopedia Ii - Bessie Smith - Biography
Born in Chattanooga, Tennessee, United States on April 15, 1894, Bessie Smith was one of six surviving children of William and Laura Smit...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alabama Agricultural And Mechanical University: Encyclopedia Ii - Alabama Agricultural And Mechanical University - History
One of its most influential presidents and the longest serving was its fourth, Joseph Fanning Drake, who served from 1927 until 1962. Dra...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1910s: Encyclopedia Ii - 1910s - Events And Trends
The 1910s represent the culmination of European militarism which had its beginings during the second half of the 19th Century. The conser...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of People Known By Initials: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of People Known By Initials - Individuals Known Always Or For The Most Part By Initials And Surname
List of people known by initials - A—F. B. J. Armstrong P. T. Anderson W. H. Auden J. L. Austin A. J. Ayer J. G. Ballard P. T. Bar...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Songs Containing Overt Reference To Real Musicians: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Songs Containing Overt Reference To Real Musicians - List
Entries are listed with the following syntax: "Song Title" by musical artist(s) most associated with song references musicians and/or ban...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nat King Cole: Encyclopedia Ii - Nat King Cole - Childhood And Chicago
Cole was born Nathaniel Adams Coles in Montgomery, Alabama. The year of his birth has been reported as 1917 and 1915, but according to Da...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Blues: Encyclopedia Ii - Blues - Musical Impact
As the origin of the blues scale, the blues has exerted a profound influence on many styles of music. Many jazz, folk or rock performers,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Missionary Generation: Encyclopedia Ii - Missionary Generation - Prominent Americans
The Missionaries had four U.S. Presidents: 1865 Warren G. Harding, 1921-1923 (1923) 1872 Calvin Coolidge, 1923-1929 (1933) 1874 Herbert ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Saint Louis Blues Film: Encyclopedia Ii - Saint Louis Blues Film - 1958 Feature Film
In 1958, St. Louis Blues was the title of a film which was broadly based on Handy's life. It starred jazz and blues greats Nat "King" Col...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - St. Louis Blues Hockey: Encyclopedia Ii - St. Louis Blues Hockey - Notable Players
St. Louis Blues hockey - Current Squad. As of January 24, 2006 [1] St. Louis Blues hockey - Team captains. Al Arbour 1967-70 Red Ber...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Blues: Encyclopedia Ii - Blues - Characteristics
Blues - Origins. There are few characteristics common to all blues, because the genre takes its shape from the peculiarities of individ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nat King Cole: Encyclopedia Ii - Nat King Cole - Los Angeles And The King Cole Trio
Nat Cole and three other musicians formed the "King Cole Swingers" in Long Beach and played in a number of local bars before getting a gi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Blues: Encyclopedia Ii - Blues - Social Impact
Like jazz, rock and roll and hip hop music, blues has been accused of being the "devil's music" and of inciting violence and other poor b...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bessie Smith: Encyclopedia Ii - Bessie Smith - Artistic Legacy
A more recent play featuring fourteen of the songs Smith made famous, The Devil's Music: The Life and Blues of Bessie Smith by Angelo Par...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bessie Smith: Encyclopedia Ii - Bessie Smith - Rumors Surrounding Her Death
Shortly after her death, Hammond stirred up controversy by suggesting, in a Down Beat article, that Smith was refused admittance to a whi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Lap Slide Guitar: Encyclopedia Ii - Lap Slide Guitar - History
Playing a guitar laid flat and using a bar to slide up and down the strings has been common in the Hawaiian Islands for well over a centu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Blues: Encyclopedia Ii - Blues - Social Impact
Like jazz, rock and roll and hip hop music, blues has been accused of being the "devil's music" and of inciting violence and other poor b...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Lap Slide Guitar: Encyclopedia Ii - Lap Slide Guitar - Definition
A lap slide guitar can be defined as a non resonator acoustic guitar specificaly set up or designed for lap slide playing. Compare this t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Lap Slide Guitar: Encyclopedia Ii - Lap Slide Guitar - Design
The most basic form of lap slide guitar is a regular acoustic guitar that has been modified for this purpose by either replacing the nut ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nat King Cole: Encyclopedia Ii - Nat King Cole - Singing Career
His first mainstream vocal hit was with "Straighten Up and Fly Right", based on a black folk tale that his father had used as a theme for...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - W. C. Handy: Encyclopedia Ii - W. C. Handy - Later Life
Following publication of his autobiography, Handy published a subsequent book on African American musicians entitled "Unsung Americans Si...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - W. C. Handy: Encyclopedia Ii - W. C. Handy - Early Life
He was born in Florence, Alabama to freed slaves, Charles Bernard Handy and Elizabeth Bewer Handy. His father was pastor of a small charg...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - W. C. Handy: Encyclopedia Ii - W. C. Handy - Musical And Social Development
His musical endeavors were varied, and he sang first tenor in a minstrel show, moved from Alabama and worked as a band director, choral d...   » Read the article