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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.
Jul 23, 2014 · His first Minit single, "Make You Love Me," flopped, but the follow-up, "Hello My Lover," was a substantial regional hit, selling nearly 100,000 copies. K-Doe struck gold with 1961's "Mother-in...
Sep 8, 2019 · Mother-In-Law (Toussaint) by Ernie K-Doe, bass voice by Benny SpellmanA #1 pop and R&B best-seller for the New Orleans performer.THE 1961 HITS ARCHIVE - here...
Dec 23, 2012 · Ernie K-Doe died in 2001 at the age of 65, but he didn't exactly leave: His wife commissioned a likeness, fashioned from a department-store mannequin, that she installed in the...
Apr 10, 2012 · Journalist, folklorist, musician and producer Ben Sandmel’s new “Ernie K-Doe: The R&B Emperor of New Orleans” ($39.95, The Historic New Orleans Collection) goes a long way...
Jul 7, 2001 · Ernie K-Doe, the eccentric rhythm-and-blues singer best known for his 1961 No. 1 hit ''Mother-in-Law,'' died on Thursday at a New Orleans hospital. He was 65. The cause...
In May 1961, one tune was sitting pretty atop both the R&B and pop charts: “Mother-in-Law” became the first hit by a New Orleans artist to rule black and white airwaves alike. Ernie K-Doe was only twenty-five years old, and his reign was just beginning. Born in New Orleans’s Charity Hospital, K-Doe came of age in a still-segregated South.
