Eddie Lee Langlois (January 15, 1936 – March 10, 1985),
known professionally as Eddie Lang, was an American
R&B and
soul
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singer and guitarist.
He was born in
New Orleans
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,
Louisiana
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, United States.
By the early 1950s, he was second guitarist in
Eddie "Guitar Slim" Jones' band.
He made his own recordings, credited as 'Little Eddie, in the mid-1950s, for
Bullet Records
At least five record labels with the name Bullet Records have existed.
Bullet Records, Nashville, 1946-1952
The earliest Bullet Records was a record label based in Nashville, United States, which was started in 1946 by Jim Bulleit and C.V. Hit ...
, and then recorded for the RPM label. In 1959, as Eddie Lang, he recorded "On My Own" and "Troubles Troubles", released by
Ron Records.
Under the pseudonym Sly Dell, he also recorded for the Seven B label.
[Greg Burgess, "New Orleans R&B: The Story of Ric & Ron Records", ''TheSoulBasement.com'']
. Retrieved 12 October 2016
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.
His Seven B recordings have been described as his finest recordings, "outstanding",
[ "very forceful" and "superbly judged".][Eddie Lang, ''SirShambling.com'']
Retrieved 12 October 2016 He later recorded for the Superdome label, with "Food Stamp Blues" becoming one of his most successful recordings.[
Following a stroke in the late 1970s, he died in 1985 at his home in Slidell, Louisiana.][
]
References
1936 births
1985 deaths
20th-century American singers
20th-century American guitarists
Singers from Louisiana
Guitarists from Louisiana
American male guitarists
20th-century American male musicians
Rhythm and blues musicians from New Orleans
Singers from New Orleans
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