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Ernest Kador Jr. (February 22, 1933 – July 5, 2001), known by the stage name Ernie K-Doe, was an American R&B singer best known for his 1961 hit single "Mother-in-Law", which went to number 1 on the Billboard pop chart in the U.S.
Ernie K-Doe (* 22. Februar 1936 in New Orleans, Louisiana; † 5. Juli 2001 ebenda; eigentlich Ernest Kador, Jr.) war ein US-amerikanischer Sänger. Inhaltsverzeichnis. 1 Leben und Wirken. 2 Diskografie. 2.1 Alben. 2.2 Kompilationen. 2.3 Singles. 3 Literatur. 4 Quellen. 5 Weblinks. Leben und Wirken.
23. Dez. 2012 · The song was dismissed as a danceable novelty. But Ben Sandmel, author of the new biography Ernie K-Doe: The R&B Emperor of New Orleans, says it was deeper than that: angry, and smoldering.
- Karen Michel
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"Mother-in-Law" is a 1961 song recorded by Ernie K-Doe. It was a number-one hit in the U.S. on both the Billboard Hot 100 chart and the Billboard R&B chart. The song was written and produced by Allen Toussaint, who also played the piano solo. It was issued by Minit Records.
Volume two in the Louisiana Musicians Biography Series, Ernie K-Doe: The R&B Emperor of New Orleans was named one of Kirkus Reviews’ top one hundred nonfiction books of 2012, Living Blues magazine’s Best Blues Book of 2012, and Humanities Book of the Year by the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities.
Im Jahr 1959 wechselte er als Ernie K-Doe zum gerade neu gegründeten Plattenlabel Minit Records in New Orleans. Seine erste Platte hier war Make You Love Me (#604) im Dezember 1959. Dieser Titel geriet noch in Vergessenheit, doch bereits seine zweite Veröffentlichung, Hello My Lover (#614), verkaufte über 100.000 Exemplare.
