A view of Mr. Handy : one afternoon in Memphis, 1918 -- Slavery, the AME Church, and emancipation : the Handy family of Alabama, 1811-1873 -- W.C. Handy and the music of black and white America, ...
(WDBJ) - On this day in 1912, William Christopher Handy’s “Memphis Blues of Mister Crump”, went on sale in Memphis. Although the first 1,000 copies sold out in three days, Handy was told that the song ...