Handful of Keys (disambiguation)

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Handful of Keys is a piano composition by Fats Waller.

Handful of Keys also may refer to:

A Handful of Keys is an album of live performances by Fats Waller and His Rhythm, the only authorized live performances of the musician. It features previously unreleased live radio transcriptions originally broadcast in 1938.

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