LC control no. | n 83185403 |
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Descriptive conventions | rda |
LC classification | ML417.P78 Biography |
Personal name heading | Professor Longhair, 1918-1980 |
Variant(s) | Byrd, Henry Roeland, 1918-1980 Byrd, Roy, 1918-1980 Longhair, Professor, 1918-1980 Byrd, Baldhead, 1918-1980 |
See also | Corporate body: New Orleans Boys (Musical group : Professor Longhair) |
Biography/History note | Professor 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 country | United States |
Located | New Orleans (La.) |
Birth date | 1918-12-19 |
Death date | 1980-01-30 |
Place of birth | Bogalusa (La.) |
Place of death | New Orleans (La.) |
Affiliation | Civilian Conservation Corps (U.S.) Atlantic Recording Corporation Mercury Record Corporation |
Profession or occupation | Blues musicians Singers Pianists |
Found in | Data 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") |