John Handcock

African-American singer, who was recorded by the Library of Congress in 1937. "John Handcock was a sharecropper from Brinkley, Ark." (Blues and gospel records 1890-1943 (1997), p. 348) John Handcock is the name listed in above-mentioned discography, with a note stating that the Bear Family Records release "Songs For Political Action - Folk Music And The American Left 1926 - 1953" (BCD-15720) spelled his name as "John Handcox." In addition, West Virginia University Press Sound Archives released a CD called "Songs, Poems And Stories Of The Southern Tenant Farmers Union" (WVUPRESS-SA6) in which his name is given as John L. Handcox.