November 26

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...

Talented female Zydeco accordionist for the Zydeco Brothers and the Zydeco Boneshakers, Ann “Queen Ann” Goodly, was born on November 28, 1971 in Lake Charles, Louisiana.

Senator Jones, one of the most important innovators of the modern Southern Soul Sound, and who produced many Southern Soul and blues records in both New Orleans and at his “ranch” and home in the coun...

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...

Frank Mendenhall was born March 14, 1948 in Camden, Alabama. With one of the most angelic falsetto voice in the Zydeco, Southern Soul, and Blues nation, and one of the few Southern Soul performers to...

William Thomas Dupree, known to the world as “Champion” Jack Dupree died on January 21, 1992 of complications from cancer at his home in Hanover, Germany at the age of 82. Considered one of the most p...

Clifton Chenier, “the King of Zydeco” was born on June 25, 1925 in the rural community of Notleyville, just east of Opelousas, Louisiana. Clifton Chenier was the first Creole artist to win a Grammy aw...

Odetta Holmes, "The Voice of the Civil Rights Movement" and "The queen of American folk music", most affectionately known as Odetta was born in Birmingham, Alabama on December 31, 1930 and grew up in...

Curley Taylor & Zydeco Trouble make their first public debut on March 27, 2004 at their Official CD Release Party and Performance celebrating the “Country Boy” CD at the Hamilton’s Club in Lafayette,...

Alvin Batiste, a widely respected jazz clarinetist, composer and educator who played across the musical spectrum, from traditional to avant-garde styles, and was a prolific figure on the jazz festival...