Music
Alvin Batiste
Jazz clarinetist and composer Alvin Batiste was the highly regarded teacher of many noted jazz musicians.
John Wirt
Amédé Was the King
Creole musician Amédé Ardoin’s legacy
Music
Bobby Rush
A dynamic singer, songwriter, and harmonica player from Claiborne Parish, Rush mixes funk, soul, and blues music and won Grammy Awards in his eighties.
John Fred and His Playboy Band
Radio staple “Judy in Disguise” has Baton Rouge roots
King Creole Turns 60
On location in New Orleans, Elvis staked his claim as an actor
Look at Little Sister
Linda Gail rocks her way out of Jerry Lee’s shadow
Lost Highway
Jayne Mansfield's last days in Louisiana.
Morgus the Magnificent
New Orleans’s answer to Elvira and Joe Bob Briggs
Music
Percy Sledge
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee Percy Sledge recorded soul music hits in the 1960s, including the iconic “When a Man Loves a Woman.”
Plas Johnson
A prolific session musician with a sound all his own
The Liberty Theatre
Acadiana’s “Temple of Amusement”
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