New Orleans’s #NOLA War on Music: Neither Big nor Easy http://nola.tw/Ko
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New Orleans’s #NOLA War on Music: Neither Big nor Easy http://nola.tw/Ko
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by blueorleansradio · Published 06/03/2012 · Last modified 06/05/2012
by blueorleansradio · Published 06/03/2012 · Last modified 06/05/2012
by blueorleansradio · Published 06/05/2012
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1924 - Linda Hopkins (Melinda Helen Matthews) was born on this day. Actress and blues and gospel singer, and native of New Orleans, Louisiana. She grew up in the section of New Orleans known by the locals as "Zion City". She went to school in "Gert Town". There she met Johnny Otis and Little Esther Phillips who created her stage name. She toured Hawaii and Japan for two years which included a stint with Louis Armstrong. She also worked with Jackie Wilson, and Sammy Davis, Jr. In October 2005, Hopkins received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. |