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MADELEINE BRAND
NPR Special
02-15-2005
Profile: Recollections of W.C. Handy

Host: MADELEINE BRAND
Time: 4:00-5:00 PM

MADELEINE BRAND, host:

This is DAY TO DAY from NPR News. I'm Madeleine Brand.

(Soundbite of "The Memphis Blues")

BRAND: People danced in the streets of Memphis when this song first was performed by W.C. Handy and his band. The year was 1909. The song became known as "The Memphis Blues."

(Soundbite of "The Memphis Blues")

BRAND: It was the first piece of blues music ever published in America. In the first half of the 20th century, W.C. Handy became known as the Father of the ...

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