On screen
Cast
14 credited performers
Nat King Cole
W.C. Handy
Eartha Kitt
Gogo Germaine
Cab Calloway
Blade
Ella Fitzgerald
Singer
Mahalia Jackson
Bessie May
Ruby Dee
Elizabeth
Juano Hernández
Rev. Charles Handy
Artwork unavailable
Teddy Buckner
Musician
Artwork unavailable
Barney Bigard
Musician
Artwork unavailable
George 'Red' Callender
Musician
Artwork unavailable
Lee Young
Musician
Artwork unavailable
George Washington
Musician
Billy Preston
Will Handy as a Boy
Pearl Bailey
Aunt Hagar