Allen Reisner
Director
Hal Pereira
Art Direction
Nelson Riddle
Music
Roland Anderson
Art Direction
Eda Warren
Editor
Edith Head
Costume Design
Wally Westmore
Makeup Designer
Haskell B. Boggs
Cinematography
Nellie Manley
Hair Designer
Robert R. Benton
Set Decoration
Sam Comer
Set Decoration
Robert Smith
Producer
W.C. Handy
Music
Martha Koenig
Lyricist
Spencer Williams
Lyricist
Mack David
Lyricist
Mercedes Gilbert
Lyricist
W.C. Handy
Songs
Robert Smith
Writer
Ted Sherdeman
Writer
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
Teddy Buckner
Musician
Barney Bigard
Musician
George 'Red' Callender
Musician
Lee Young
Musician
George Washington
Musician
Billy Preston
Will Handy as a Boy
Pearl Bailey
Aunt Hagar
