"Harry Fox", whose real name was W.C. Handy was known as the "Father of the Blues". Born in 1873 in Florence, Alabama, he taught music for a brief period at Alabama A&M University in Huntsville and moved to New York City in 1917. During the early 20th century, W.C. Handy was a main voice of the Blues in America, a leader in cultivating the Blues sound and promoting worldwide recognition for the music.

Mr. Handy was a musician, but his Blues lyrics were the work of a poet. In 1909 he wrote what many consider the first Blues song in history, "The Memphis Blues," which he published in 1912.

W.C. Handy alias "Harry Fox"