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November 16, 2025

Blues composer William Christopher “W.C.” Handy, known as the “Father of the Blues,” was born in Florence, Alabama in 1873.

VIDEO: Around The Table: Episode 30

POSTED: June 22, 2009, 12:00 am

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Carl Shrif, Walter Fields and Ali Sharif examine the top stories of the past week

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