The son of a New Orleans police officer, Alois Maxwell Hirt got his first trumpet at age six and by age sixteen, he was playing professionally. Two y
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Born in Tiel Ridge in Cameron Parish, Doug Kershaw (Jan. 24, 1936–) is Cajun music’s ambassador to the world, thanks to his 1969 national television d
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ANOTHER 318CENTRAL.COM ARCHIVE REVISIT ... A TREAT!!! Dale Houston and Grace Broussard had known each other barely twenty-four hours when they team
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Bobby Charles Guidry, like Fats Domino, Freddy Fender, Gatemouth Brown, Irma Thomas, and others, lost everything he owned to a hurricane in the fall o
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Born on September 2, 1938, Jimmy Clanton entered his teen years just as white audiences were beginning to discover rhythm & blues music. He
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Born in south central Louisiana, Tareva began singing in her parents entertainment venues at the age of seven, where she not only sang in th
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OUR PRIVILEGE AND PLEASURE TO WELCOME THE LOUISIANA MUSIC HALL OF FAME TO 318CENTRAL.COM DIGITAL MAGAZINE by Orkke Clifton, Editor We are extremely
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Frankie Ford (Aug. 4, 1939–Sept. 28, 2015) rode his biggest hit, Sea Cruise, which reached number 14 in the spring of 1959, to a rewarding career in h
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A son of sharecropping parents, Jimmie Davis was a hugely successful singer and twice served as governor of Louisiana, both times defeating a ticket t
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Our respect, appreciation, and love of this Louisiana legend has led to us bringing him out of the archives for another visit with you! Enjoy!!! Ri
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