James Mack came to Brunswick as an arranger at the suggestion of Willie Henderson. Mack was born in Tuscaloosa, Alabama,...

Shirley Goodman and Leonard Lee met in high school in New Orleans, where they were both born in June 1936....

Irving Lee Dorsey was born in 1924 in New Orleans. He moved to Portland, Oregon, at the age of ten,...

Chris Kenner was born in Kenner, Louisiana, not far from New Orleans, in 1929. He later moved to the city...

Irma Thomas has been a mainstay of the New Orleans sound since the age of 18 when her first single, "Don't Mess...