H. C. Speir
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| Gender | Male |
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| Death | 51 years ago |
| Date of birth | October 6,1895 |
| Zodiac sign | Libra |
| Born | Prospect |
| Mississippi | |
| United States | |
| Date of died | April 22,1972 |
| Died | Jackson |
| Mississippi | |
| United States | |
| Record labels | Gennett Records |
| Job | Artist |
| Record producer | |
| Songs | Interviewed by Gayle Dean Wardlow, Part 3 |
| Headlines, 12 April 1930 | |
| Interviewed by Gayle Dean Wardlow, Part 9 | |
| Interviewed by Gayle Dean Wardlow, Part 6 | |
| Interviewed by Gayle Dean Wardlow, Part 1 | |
| Interviewed by Gayle Dean Wardlow, Part 8 | |
| Interviewed by Gayle Dean Wardlow, Part 5 | |
| Interviewed by Gayle Dean Wardlow, Part 7 | |
| Interviewed by Gayle Dean Wardlow, Part 2 | |
| Headlines, 19 April 1930 | |
| Interviewed by Gayle Dean Wardlow, Part 4 | |
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| ID | 1331080 |
H. C. Speir Life story
H. C. Speir was an American "talent broker" and record store owner from Jackson, Mississippi. He was responsible for launching the recording careers of most of the greatest Mississippi blues musicians in the 1920s and 1930s. It has been said that, "Speir was the godfather of Delta Blues" and was "a musical visionary".
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