St. Louis Blues is a 1958 American film broadly based on the life of W. C. Handy, It starred various jazz and blues greats, and actress Ruby Dee, an American actress, poet, playwright, screenwriter, journalist and what?
St. Louis Blues (1958 film) St. Louis Blues is a 1958 American film broadly based on the life of W. C. Handy. It starred jazz and blues greats Nat "King" Cole, Pearl Bailey, Cab Calloway, Ella Fitzgerald, Eartha Kitt, and Barney Bigard, as well as gospel singer Mahalia Jackson and actress Ruby Dee. The film's soundtrack used over ten of Handy's songs including the title song.
Robert Palmer (writer) Robert Franklin Palmer Jr. (June 19, 1945 – November 20, 1997) was an American writer, musicologist, clarinetist, saxophonist, and blues producer. He is best known for his books, including ""; his music journalism for "The New York Times" and "Rolling Stone" magazine; his work producing blues recordings and the soundtrack of the film "Deep Blues"; and his clarinet playing in the 1960s band the Insect Trust. A collection of his writings, "Blues & Chaos: The Music Writing of Robert Palmer", edited by Anthony DeCurtis, was published by Simon & Schuster on November 10, 2009.