Playing via Spotify Playing via YouTube
Skip to YouTube video

Loading player…

Scrobble from Spotify?

Connect your Spotify account to your Last.fm account and scrobble everything you listen to, from any Spotify app on any device or platform.

Connect to Spotify

Dismiss

Professor Longhair

  • Listeners

    146.4K

  • Scrobbles

    1.1M

  • Listeners

    146.4K

  • Scrobbles

    1.1M

  • Last.FM User
  • Last.FM User
  • Last.FM User

Join others and track this artist

Scrobble, find and rediscover music with a Last.fm account

Sign Up to Last.fm
Born
19 December 1918
Born In
Bogalusa, Washington Parish, Louisiana, United States
Died
30 January 1980 (aged 61)
Henry Roeland "Roy" Byrd (December 19, 1918 – January 30, 1980), better known as Professor Longhair also known as "Fess", was a New Orleans rhythm & blues singer and pianist. Professor Longhair is noteworthy for having been active in two distinct periods, both in the heyday of early rhythm and blues, and in the resurgence of interest in traditional jazz after the founding of the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival. Professor Longhair was born on December 19, 1918 in Bogalusa, Louisiana. He made a living as a street hustler until he started to play piano se… read more
Henry Roeland "Roy" Byrd (December 19, 1918 – January 30, 1980), better known as Professor Longhair also known as "Fess", was a New Orleans rhythm & blues singer and pianist. Professor Longhair is noteworthy for having been active in two distinct periods, both in the h… read more
Henry Roeland "Roy" Byrd (December 19, 1918 – January 30, 1980), better known as Professor Longhair also known as "Fess", was a New Orleans rhythm & blues singer and pianist. Professor Longhair is noteworthy for having been active in two distinct periods, both in the heyday of early rhythm and blues, and in the resurgence of interest in tr… read more

Related Tags

Add tagsView all tags

Similar To

  1. Avatar for James Booker

  2. Avatar for Allen Toussaint

  3. Avatar for Dr. John
View all artists

Top Tracks

Rank Play Album Loved Track name Buy Options Listeners
1 Play track Crawfish Fiesta (Remastered With Bonus Track) Big Chief - Remastered
  • Loading
 115 listeners
2 Play track New Orleans Piano Hey Now Baby
  • Loading
 43 listeners
3 New Orleans Piano Mardi Gras In New Orleans
  • Loading
 41 listeners
4 Play track Live in Germany Go to the Mardi Gras
  • Loading
 35 listeners
5 Play track Big Chief - Complete Version Big Chief - Complete Version
  • Loading
 30 listeners
6 Play track New Orleans Piano Tipitina
  • Loading
 29 listeners
7 Play track Tipitina - Mono Tipitina - Mono
  • Loading
 27 listeners
8 Mardi Gras in New Orleans - Mono Mardi Gras in New Orleans - Mono
  • Loading
 18 listeners
9 The Very Best Of Gone So Long
  • Loading
 16 listeners
10 Tipitina (Alternative) Tipitina (Alternative)
  • Loading
 15 listeners

View all tracks

Albums

  1. 35,602 listeners

    1972 · 13 tracks

    New Orleans Piano
    • Loading

  2. 21,892 listeners

    1980 · 13 tracks

    Crawfish Fiesta (Remastered With Bonus Track)
    • Loading

  3. 14,892 listeners

    29 Jan 1980 · 12 tracks

    Crawfish Fiesta
    • Loading

  4. 12,340 listeners

    1972 · 16 tracks

    New Orleans Piano - Blues Originals, Vol 2
    • Loading

View all albums

Scrobble Stats

What is scrobbling?

Scrobbling is when Last.fm tracks the music you listen to and automatically adds it to your music profile.

Learn more

Recent Listening Trend

Day Listeners
48
65
62
46
60
49
64
61
70
49
67
54
69
48
62
62
65
51
78
51
58
75
68
55
64
73
63
67
67
70
61
57
67
68
55
70
60
69
66
47
53
49
54
59
52
51
62
58
60
59
66
65
64
52
61
57
75
63
59
83
59
55
55
65
73
99
77
64
68
65
71
70
71
56
61
60
63
70
70
65
64
68
70
63
67
89
92
93
82
88
78
73
99
87
104
74
93
93
123
117
134
133
89
295
175
92
84
96
88
92
67
83
67
70
72
77
78
61
93
85
106
93
78
87
93
61
88
101
84
75
81
63
74
68
71
64
68
70
63
63
66
77
70
69
74
68
68
81
87
67
80
56
67
58
81
63
71
68
62
67
87
65
61
75
73
67
77
76
54
76
81
68
66
68
70
77
73
65
66
51
85

Upcoming Events

We don’t have any upcoming events for this artist right now.

Add event View all events

Photos

External Links

Don't want to see ads? Upgrade Now

Shoutbox

Javascript is required to view shouts on this page. Go directly to shout page

Similar Artists

  1. 49,469 listeners

    Avatar for James Booker

  2. 217,474 listeners

    Avatar for Allen Toussaint

  3. 576,765 listeners

    Avatar for Dr. John

  4. 60,991 listeners

    Avatar for Eddie Bo

  5. 73,542 listeners

    Avatar for Rebirth Brass Band

  6. 85,106 listeners

    Avatar for The Dirty Dozen Brass Band

View all similar artists

Trending Tracks

  • 1

  • 2

  • 3

  • 4

  • 5

  • 6

View all trending tracks

API Calls