Ernie K-Doe
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Biography
Ernie K-Doe was a true New Orleans character, an R&B singer who enjoyed early success and then spent the rest of his life as a local fixture who found new and creative ways to capitalize on his legacy. Born Ernest Kador Jr. on February 22, 1933, K-Doe cut his teeth with vocal groups around New Orleans in the mid to late 1950s. He would then be forever associated with his first single as a solo artist, the 1961 novelty hit âMother-in-Lawâ, written and produced by New Orleans legend Allen Toussaint, which hit Number 1. He would taste the middle ranges of the charts with songs like âTe-Ta-Te-Ta-Taâ and âLater for Tomorrowâ, but by 1968 his hitmaking days were over. In the â80s, K-Doe became a deejay on local New Orleans radio, and continued to provide the color and flair that punctuated his recording career. In 1994 he opened a venue and club, the Mother-in-Law Lounge, which became his home away from home and even outlasted him after he died of alcohol-related causes on July 5, 2001.
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- Track Popularity
- Mother-In-Law
- A Certain Girl
- Waiting At the Station
- Make You Love Me
- Hurry Up And Know It
- Wanted $10,000 Reward
- Hello My Lover
- Real Man
- There's a Will, There's a Way
- Baby, Since I Met You
- Be Sweet
- Loving You
- I Cried My Last Tear by Ernie K-Doe
- Love You the Best
- Easier Said Than Done
- Do You Want Some?
- Tribute to My Friend Joe
- Georgia on My Mind
- She's Waiting
- Heebie Jeebies
- Beating Like a Tom Tom
- Honest I Do
- Wanted $10,000.00 Reward
- Penny Worth of Happiness
