St. Louis Blues

Juano Hernández as Rev. Charles Handy Billy Preston as Will Handy as a Boy Eartha Kitt as Gogo Germaine Cab Calloway as Blade Mahalia Jackson as Bessie May Pearl Bailey as Aunt Hagar Nat King Cole as W.C. Handy Ella Fitzgerald as Singer Ruby Dee as Elizabeth

Mercedes Gilbert Lyricist Nelson Riddle Music Sam Comer Set Decoration Edith Head Costume Design Mack David Lyricist Wally Westmore Makeup Designer