Ernie K-Doe: The R&B Emperor of New Orleans
- ISBN-10
- 0917860608
- ISBN-13
- 9780917860607
- Category
- Biography & Autobiography
- Pages
- 285
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2012
- Publisher
- Historic New Orleans
- Author
- Ben Sandmel
Description
"Mother-in-Law" became the first hit by a New Orleans artist to achieve this feat?to rule black and white airwaves alike. Ernie K-Doe was only twenty-five years old, and his reign was just beginning.
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