First in a three-part documentary about
Thomas "Fats" Waller, pianist, composer and songwriter, who died 50 years ago, on 15 December 1943.
Russell Davies tells the colourful story of the Baptist minister's son who "took to the Devil's music and played it like an angel." 1: Mrs Waller 's Harmful Little Armful
Producer Roy Oakshott
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