Have a look at OffBeat’s video tribute to the people and events that shaped New Orleans and Louisiana music history through the years on February 26, enjoy…
Here’s a special Louisiana music moments that you’d like to add to our timeline? Email them to [email protected].
1913: Birth of accordionist Lionel Cormier in Rayne
1917: Jazz is recorded for the first time when the Original Dixieland Jazz Band records “Livery Stable Blues.”
1928: Happy Birthday to New Orleans native Antoine “Fats” Domino!
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1971: Louis Armstrong records “The Night Before Christmas” in his Queens, New York living room.
