November 23

Henry Lee Williams, known to the Southern Soul and Blues Nation as Lee "Shot" Williams died on November 25, 2011, aged 73 in Chicago, Illionis from undisclosed causes. He grew up singing in local gosp...

Bo Diddley makes his network TV debut on The Ed Sullivan Show, on November 20, 1955.

Happy Birthday to the Zydeco Lady, Lola Love!!! Best Wishes from the Zydeco Nation, Zydeco Historical & Preservation Society and the ZydecoOnline Family!!!

Lola Love, radio personality, producer, promoter, and known to the Zydeco Nation as "the Zydeco Lady" was born on November 20, 1972 in the small village of San Nicolas de Ibarra, Mexico about 28 kilom...

Tabby’s Blues Box and Heritage Hall, a mainstay in the blues community in Baton Rouge for over 24 years until its closure on November 20, 2004. Respected Blues musician, Tabby Thomas owned and operate...

Albert “Little Smokey” Smothers died on November 20, 2010 at the age of 71 at Little Company of Mary Hospital in Chicago, Illinois of natural causes. He began playing guitar at 15. Two years later, Sm...

Eddie Shuler, renowned pioneering Southwest Louisiana recording engineer and founder of Goldband Records, the nation's longest running independent record label, was born on March 27, 1913 in Wrightsbo...

James Joseph Brown, commonly referred to as "The Godfather of Soul" and "The Hardest Working Man in Show Business", was born on May 3, 1933 during the depression era in the small town of Barnwell, Sou...

Paul "Lil Buck" Sinegal, internationally known Blues and Zydeco guitarist and singer died on Monday June 10, 2019 in Lafayette, Louisiana at the age of 75. He was given the nickname "Lil Buck" because...

Edward Gay Robinson known to the world as "Eddie Robinson" was born on February 13, 1919 in Jackson, Louisiana to the son of a sharecropper and a domestic worker. Eddie Robinson spent fifty-six years...

Zydeco musician Sean Ardoin, lead singer and accordionist of Sean Ardoin and R.O.G.K. (a Christian Zydeco Band) and lead singer and accordionist of Sean Ardoin and Zydekool was born on July 10, 1967 i...

On this date, January 8, 1811, Black African slaves rebelled against their white masters in Louisiana. Known as the Point Coupee Revolt of 1811, the slave revolt took place in the area known as the Lo...