Eddie Lang (singer)

Eddie Lee Langlois (January 15, 1936 – March 10, 1985),[1] known professionally as Eddie Lang, was an American R&B and soul singer and guitarist.

For the jazz guitarist, see Eddie Lang.

He was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States.[2] By the early 1950s, he was second guitarist in Eddie "Guitar Slim" Jones' band.[2] He made his own recordings, credited as 'Little Eddie, in the mid-1950s, for Bullet Records, and then recorded for the RPM label. In 1959, as Eddie Lang, he recorded "On My Own" and "Troubles Troubles", released by Ron Records.[2] Under the pseudonym Sly Dell, he also recorded for the Seven B label.[3]

In 1965, he made further recordings, releasing "The Love I Have For You" and "The Sad One" on the Seven B label owned by Joe Banashak.[2] His Seven B recordings have been described as his finest recordings, "outstanding",[3] "very forceful" and "superbly judged".[4] He later recorded for the Superdome label, with "Food Stamp Blues" becoming one of his most successful recordings.[4]

Following a stroke in the late 1970s, he died in 1985 at his home in Slidell, Louisiana.[1][4]

References
  1. Eagle, Bob; LeBlanc, Eric S. (2013). Blues - A Regional Experience. Santa Barbara: Praeger Publishers. p. 180. ISBN 978-0313344237.
  2. Colin Larkin, ed. (1995). The Guinness Who's Who of Blues (Second ed.). Guinness Publishing. p. 229. ISBN 0-85112-673-1.
  3. Greg Burgess, "New Orleans R&B: The Story of Ric & Ron Records", TheSoulBasement.com Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 12 October 2016
  4. Eddie Lang, SirShambling.com. Retrieved 12 October 2016


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