W.C. Handy, father of the blues [sound recording]
date: label: Date
content: 1952
name: label: performer
content: Handy, W. C (William Christopher) 1873-1958
notes: label: Notes
content: Includes spoken narrative by Handy on the history of the blues. Program notes by Handy and Robert Arnold on container. Performer(s): W.C. Handy, vocals, guitar, and trumpet ; Charles Cooke or Adele Brown Whitney, piano ; Katherine Handy, vocals ; the N.Y. Choral Ensemble.
label: Table of contents
content: Joe Turner --Mister Crump ; Memphis blues --Way down south where the blues began --They that sow in tears --Beale Street blues --Aframerican hymn --The big stick blues march --St. Louis blues (pt. 1: W.C. Handy and guitar ; pt. 2: Katharine Handy Lewis) --I see tho' my eyes are closed
label: Repository Loc.
content: Smithsonian Institution, Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections, 600 Maryland Ave., S.W., Suite 2001, Washington, D.C. 20024. Call 202-633-7322 for appointment. Fax: 202-633-7019. Email: rinzlerarchives@si.edu
place: label: Place
content: Tennessee
label: Place
content: United States
label: Place
content: Memphis (Tenn.)
topic: label: Topic
content: Jazz
culture: label: Culture
content: Americans
label: Culture
content: African American
setName: label: See more items in
content: Moses and Frances Asch Collection, 1939-1986 228428
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections
identifier: label: Local number
content: Audio Archives.1200
label: Local number
content: FW-ASCH-LP-2367
objectType: label: Type
content: Musical sound recordings
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Restrictions on access. No duplication allowed listening and viewing for research purposes only
physicalDescription: label: Physical description
content: 1 phonograph record : analog, 33 1/3 rpm ; 12 in