In her nearly 70 year career, she traveled the world, performed on stage, in films, and television, and released 5 albums of blues and gospel music, not including the many singles she released in the 50s and 60s. She will be dearly missed.
Any true blues fan is familiar with the Leiber and Stoller hit song “Hound Dog”, but the hidden fights behind the scenes made it one of the most litigated songs of all time! Find the fascinating story here.
Johnny Otis, the “godfather of rhythm and blues” who wrote and recorded the R&B classic “Willie and the Hand Jive” and for decades evangelized black music to white audiences as a bandleader and radio host, has died. He was 90.
