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Professor Longhair, 1918-1980

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Personal name headingProfessor Longhair, 1918-1980
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Variant(s)Byrd, Henry Roeland, 1918-1980
Byrd, Roy, 1918-1980
Longhair, Professor, 1918-1980
Byrd, Baldhead, 1918-1980
See alsoCorporate body: New Orleans Boys (Musical group : Professor Longhair)
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Biography/History noteProfessor Longair was a Grammy Award awardee (1991), a Blues Foundation Hall of Fame inductee (1991), and a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee (1992).
Associated countryUnited States
LocatedNew Orleans (La.)
Birth date1918-12-19
Death date1980-01-30
Place of birthBogalusa (La.)
Place of deathNew Orleans (La.)
AffiliationCivilian Conservation Corps (U.S.) Atlantic Recording Corporation Mercury Record Corporation
Profession or occupationBlues musicians Singers Pianists
Found inData from CINE for Piano players rarely ever play together [VR] 1982 (a.e.) (Professor Longhair, former pianist in New Orleans, La.)
Biog. dict. of Afro-Amer. & African musicians, 1982 (Byrd, Henry Roeland (Professor Longhair), 1918-1980)
The last Mardi Gras [SR] c1982: label (Roy Byrd)
Atlantic blues (1949-1970) [SR] p2007: booklet (Roy "Baldhead" Byrd; Professor Longhair)
African American National Biography, accessed February 19, 2015, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (Professor Longhair; Roy Byrd; Henry Roeland Byrd; blues musician / singer, pianist; born 19 Dec. 1918 in Bogalusa, Louisiana, United States; moved to New Orleans (1919); joined the Civilian Conservation Corps (1936); formed a dance team for performances at the Ritz, Lincoln, and Palace theaters and at the Cotton Club on South Rampart Street; first recordings, a unique mixture of rumba and boogie, were made for the small, poorly distributed Texas-based Star Talent label (1949); Atlantic Records produced the classic regional blues piece “Mardi Gras in New Orleans” (1949); recorded his hit song “Baldhead” for Mercury Records (1950); produced another regional hit “Tipitina” (1953); an illness interrupted his career; made his formal return at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival (1971); became part owner and featured artist of a New Orleans club (1977); his finest work was the Crawfish Fiesta album; died 30 January 1980 in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States)
Rocket 88, ℗2001: container (Professor Longhair (Roy Byrd) and his New Orleans Boys; perform "Mardi Gras in New Orleans")