Synopsis
Will Handy grows up in Memphis with his preacher father and his Aunt Hagar. His father intends for him to use his musical gifts only in church, but he can't stay away from the music of the streets and workers. After he writes a theme song for a local politician, Gogo, a speakeasy singer, convinces Will to be her accompanist. Will is estranged from his father for many years while he writes and publishes many blues songs. At last the family is reunited when Gogo brings them to New York to see Will's music played by a symphony orchestra.
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Ruby Dee
Elizabeth
Cab Calloway
Blade
Eartha Kitt
Gogo Germaine
Pearl Bailey
Aunt Hagar
Mahalia Jackson
Bessie May
Nat King Cole
W.C. Handy
Juano Hernández
Rev. Charles Handy
Billy Preston
Will Handy as a Boy
Ella Fitzgerald
Singer
Teddy Buckner
Musician
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