Artist: Professor Longhair

Professor Longhair
Aliases
Professor Longhair and His New Orleans Boys
Real name
Henry Roeland Byrd
Born
December 19, 1918
Died
January 30, 1980
Country
United States

Performances

Originals

Title down Performer Release date Covered by
1 Go to the Mardi Gras Professor Longhair 1959 (2 artists)
2 Hey Little Girl Professor Longhair and His New Orleans Boys 1950 Greg "Fingers" "Taylor
3 In the Night Professor Longhair 1953 (2 artists)
4 Mardi Gras in New Orleans Professor Longhair 1949 (3 artists)
5 No Buts, No Maybes Professor Longhair 1957 Colin James
6 Red Beans Professor Longhair 1980 (4 artists)
7 She Walks Right in Professor Longhair February 1950 Professor John and His Band

Covers

Title down Performer Release date Originally by
1 Baby, Let Me Hold Your Hand Professor Longhair September 1957 State Street Boys
2 I'm Movin' On Professor Longhair 1978 Hank Snow and His Rainbow Ranch Boys
3 Junco Partner Professor Longhair 1974 James Waynes

Songs written by

Original songs

Title down Written by Covered by
1 Go to the Mardi Gras Professor Longhair, Tee Terry (2 artists)
2 Hey Little Girl Professor Longhair Greg "Fingers" "Taylor
3 In the Night Professor Longhair (2 artists)
4 Mardi Gras in New Orleans Professor Longhair, Thomas Terry (3 artists)
5 No Buts, No Maybes Professor Longhair Colin James
6 She Walks Right in Professor Longhair Professor John and His Band

Adapted songs

Title down Written by Originals Covered by
1 Baby Let Me Hold Your Hand Professor Longhair Baby Don't You Tear My Clothes

Releases

Audio album

Title down Performer Release date Label
1 Crawfish Fiesta Professor Longhair 1980 Alligator Records
2 Live on the Queen Mary Professor Longhair 1978 Harvest
3 Rock 'N' Roll Gumbo Professor Longhair 1974 Mardi Gras [1]

Audio single

Title down Performer Release date Label
1 Baby, Let Me Hold Your Hand Professor Longhair September 1957 Ebb
2 Go to the Mardi Gras Professor Longhair 1959 Ron Records
3 Hey Little Girl Professor Longhair and His New Orleans Boys 1950 Atlantic Records
4 Mardi Gras in New Orleans Professor Longhair February 1950 Atlantic Records
5 Mardi Gras in New Orleans Professor Longhair 1949 Talent
6 No Buts, No Maybes Professor Longhair 1957 Specialty
7 Tipitina Professor Longhair 1953 Atlantic Records

Forum topics

Topic Board Started by Replies Last message down
1 Artist: Henry Roeland Byrd (Denis) Report Errors Canary 1 2008-08-26 21:17:04 GMT by Denis
2 Rocking Pneumonia and the Boogie Woogie Flu cover by Professor Longhair Add songs flip 0 2009-08-28 07:50:36 GMT by flip
3 Mess Around cover by Professor Longhair Add songs djFLWB 4 2010-05-16 14:36:23 GMT by djFLWB
4 There Is Something on Your Mind cover by Professor Longhair Add songs JMS 0 2013-02-01 09:49:36 GMT by JMS

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