Today (December 19, 2018) would have been legendary Bluesman Professor Longhair's 100th Birthday.
Biography highlights (from Wikipedia)
- Born in Bogalusa, Louisiana (Dec 19, 1918)
- Began career in New Orleans (1948)
- First recording (with the Shuffling Hungarians) (1949)
- Big hit with Bald Head with Roy Byrd and His Blues Jumpers (1950)
- Suffered a stroke (1957)
- Passed away (January 30, 1980)
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