NEW ORLEANS – A new book captures the quirks and talent of one of New Orleans’ most celebrated and eccentric entertainers, as well as his ups and downs and the era that shaped him. The title of the ...

When the New Orleans-based folklorist Ben Sandmel first decided to write a biography of Ernie K-Doe, it was in part in response to a royal edict, from the Emperor of the Universe himself. Lefty Parker ...

Today on The Sound of Books with Fred Kasten, the acclaimed new biography of New Orleans music legend and icon Ernie K-Doe by writer, producer, folklorist and drummer Ben Sandmel: Ernie K-Doe: The R&B ...

I have attended nearly every promotional event - and there have been a few - for "Ernie K-Doe: R&B Emperor of New Orleans," author Ben Sandmel's new biography of the irrepressible R&B singer and local ...

R&B vocalist Ernie K-Doe died yesterday of liver failure at University Hospital in New Orleans. He was 65. By Billboard Staff R&B vocalist Ernie K-Doe died yesterday of liver failure at University ...

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In this 2001 image released by The Historic New Orleans Collection, Ernie K-Doe poses outside of his Mother-In-Law Lounge during Jazz Fest in New Orleans. A new book published by the Historic New ...