Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1957-11-29
THE LOWDOWN


anyone vino la getting bis deserved
share ~ bouquets ard praises
while he's alive and able % APP
pfeaals them. .t's the Immortal
W. Q Handy mat great reader
~ the blues the world sings ard
mtea most
TOO often some ~ tho worlds
truly great personalities are gwen
beiated recognition and me flow
cry arrgIadsa when they aro ne
longer around 8na snlc b see and
appreciate them Bat that won
be the case with W q Handy Al
though the famous hllnd cgmpoa.
~ musician cant see De certainly
caa and does appreciate an the
wonderful things that are happen
ira ~ him these dsya
Showing httls sign Of weakness
IN bis sam year ne veteran show
man was his chippor lively old
SELF az he Acknowledged the plau.
difs rendered by Astoria
cbmaeinR a week that Mayor
Robert 81 Wagner bad already
proclaimed "Hsu Works. w C.
Handy Week" the tribute 10 the
musical giant drew such names a.
AHCAF'B president paul Cunning
ham Who served 8a chairman of
tho affair telev.HguH Ed SulH-
van comedian milton Befls. ae-
tfesB TaHWah HauEhraG actress.
a.uEsT Lena Horne. composer DH.
cor IammerstcU H. and Nat
WuE Cole 10 Paramount
forthcoming movie "ar LOUIS
BlHas Coils paflem vs. q Handy
Doe WaHl convincing manner 80
much so that tho real Handy was
moved 70 comment 7 couldn't
Far anybody else playing the ROB"
bnl Nat cole
Although Cole and Handy be
came great musicians during wide.
" different periods su tho history
~ jam. there ia one bitter OK
peHonre which both men shared
IN common during their trek 20
fame and fortune More than so
year ago W C. Handy hungry
and broke sold hls "rha Memphis
Blues eompoaitlon rar $50 Loss
Than ~ ycnra ago @at King
Cole similarly broke and troubled
BY hunger uanE1 in HE stomach.
pfdilad the rights 70 hts 8'migb.
Zen UP ard Ply Right tor 500
ArrIAuSE FROM ABOARD
Folks are realty taking about
how Count nazir's sord stirring
rhythm Was so moving that u
had ruEiand's Queen Elizabeth
tapping ont rhythm ~ her
Oven with her royal slippers.
PEOPLE a PLACES The big
Lights out" Flght-fnr Sight ben.
aut rally. ret for Dec 10. viii
have Harry uelafuuto ard Sammy
Davis, IT, ~ part af Tho enter
alnment bill Aging Ethel
Waters got q pleasant lolt when
Carol Charming and her hubby
tossed surprise birthday ahiudlR
for her Via the little bad boy
~ show business. Lionel Hampton
may once again find hia name
among the hlt charts In the re-
cord biz itamp's old waxing Of
FEv-rybody.s Somebody's Fool
featuring talented little Jimmie
arott. has bon rc issued by uacca
And It's Just The type that might
click with tpdays blurs hungry
fans Marguerite. the ON Mira
Heisf1Bte, has become quite a
celebrity since splitting with the
famous singer Bssidca hss popular
eariyty column IN a New York
weekly she has a raaio show in
the woris and "a thinking over a
Hollywood movie affcr
uRtCKBATs or the WEEK
The HohbettcH new waxing ~
Speedy IA uoisy ana absolutely
lousy tuur that never seems tD get
of its feet A FAR cry from the
rleyrrIy sung and arranged Mr
Lee ne that won lhe group fame
speedy ia something that does
nothing Atlantic had better watch
their material more closely tH their
anxiety tn capitalize au a group
b pudding popularity Otherwise
thsyN wind up with che pohbottcs
.u tha gone and fnrEoitco ranks
what gives with lhs "Iud
Fwgs" by Noble Thin Man
Watts Sounds like everything Va
WN uuEErtra itHnRy ranE but
Iho tlsla. raR' Tskt Originality
SCENE io bs very unpopular these
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