Tag: Ella Fitzgerald

zzui | W.C. Handy; Father of The Blues

In this column: William Christopher Handy, father of the blues, Memphis Blues, St. Louis Blues, Charles Barnard Handy, Elizabeth Handy - Price, Clarksdale, Make Me a Pallet on The Floor, Memphis, sheet musics, James Reese, The Fox Trot, Hellzapoppin', Harry Pace, Pace & Handy Music Compagny, A Good Man is Hard to Find, Yellow Dog …

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zzvo | Mary had a little lamb

In this column: Mary had a little lamb, Sarah Josepha Hale, Tisket-tasket, nursery rhymes, Ella Fitzgerald, Freddie Spruell, Buddy Guy, Freddie King, Earl Hooker, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Thomas Edison On the Kokomo Blues pages one of the verses reads: ... Listen now, Mary had a little lamb, I mean, its fleece was white as snow …

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