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How Legendary Composer W.C. Handy Became The 'Father Of The Blues'

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    W.C. Handy (right) nods approval and chuckles as an eighth-grade pupil, Donell Callaway, 13, wails blues on his trumpet in New York City in 1954. (AP Photo)
    W.C. Handy (right) nods approval and chuckles as an eighth-grade pupil, Donell Callaway, 13, wails blues on his trumpet in New York City in 1954. (AP Photo)

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