Ernest Kador, Jr. (Feb. 22, 1936–July 5, 2001) was once quoted as saying, “I’m not sure, but I’m almost positive that all music came from New Orleans.
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The year of her birth is uncertain, but there’s no ignoring the impact that Mahalia Jackson had on gospel music. The daughter of a Baptist preacher,
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Born in the cradle of American jazz, Pete Fountain was a skinny boy who spent too much of his time hanging around the front door of the Top Hat Dance
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THIS WAS SUCH A WELL RECEIVED STORY, WE THOUGHT YOU WOULD ENJOY REVISITING IT ... Born in Campti, Louisiana, Floyd Cramer grew up in the tiny sawmi
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Besides his hit withYou Talk Too Much, Joe Jones’s other major contribution to the New Orleans music legacy was the discovery of a group called The Di
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AP, Fox News and CNN reported on September 1, 2005, that legendary rock & roll pioneer Fats Domino was missing and feared dead in the wake of Hurr
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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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With all the accolades that have come the way of Art, Charles, and Cyril Neville, as well as the Meters, the most visible of the four – and arguably t
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It produced one of the worst album covers ever but there’s no question that the 1956 song Ain’t Got No Home launched the career of Clarence “Frogman”
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Clifton Chenier (June 25, 1925 - December 12, 1987), a Creole French-speaking native of Opelousas, Louisiana, was an eminent performer and recording a
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