Mar292024

Ernie K-Doe

Ernest Kador, Jr. (Feb 22, 1936 - July 5, 2001) was known as Ernie K-Doe, a colorful performer, who became the first artist from New Orleans to have a national charting #1 hit actually recorded in New Orleans (Mother-In-Law,#1 Pop, #1 R&B 1961). Doe was a self promotor extraordinaire, nicknaming himself "Emperor of The World" and “the Greatest Boy-Child ever conceived at Charity Hospital in New Orleans”. While never to top the charts again after his 1961 hit Read more on Last.fm

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Most Played Tracks as Scrobbled to Last.fm

# Title Plays
1Here Come The Girls
77190
2Mother-In-Law
44250
3A Certain Girl
20131
4Mother in Law
13332
5Mother-In-Law - Remastered
5094
6Here Comes the Girls - UK Hit Single Version
5025
7Tain't It the Truth
4701
8Hello My Lover
4226
9Te-Ta-Te-Ta-Ta
3525
10Here Comes the Girls (UK Hit Single Version)
2478

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