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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.

Back & Forth With Carl Sharif: Episode 6

POSTED: March 05, 2009, 9:54 am

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Part II of Carl Sharif's conversation with Gus Heningburg.

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