Lionel Hampton and his Orchestra recorded "Flying Home" for Decca Records in New York on May 26, 1942. The sax break, by nineteen-year-old Broussard, LA native Illinois Jacquet, is considered the first R&B sax solo, and it spawned a generation of tenor sax players.
Noted guitar and banjo player Carl LeBlanc was born in New Orleans, Louisiana on May 26, 1955. LeBlanc has worked with Sun Ra, Fats Domino, Allen Toussaint, Screaming Jay Hawkins, Bo Diddley, Ellis Marsalis, Preseravation Hall Jazz Band, and many others. Watch Carl LeBlanc videos on YouTube.
1958
Four days after his arrival in Britain in 1958, Jerry Lee Lewis played the third and last gig of what should have been a 37-date tour. The London Morning Star ran an editorial calling Lewis "an undesirable alien" and called for his deportation (this after he announced his marriage to his 13-year-old second cousin, Myra). That night, Lewis was booed from the stage and he returned to the U.S. the following day. Read more here.
1992
The debut album by Brooks & Dunn, "Brand New Man", was certified gold on May 26, 1992. It was certified 7x Platinum on August 14, 2024. Kix Brooks hails from Shreveport, Louisiana.
17 year old trombonist of the all-youth "All Stars Brass Band", Darnell "D-Boy" Andrews, was murdered in the Lafitte housing project in New Orleans on May 26, 1995. Darnell, a member of the NOLA musical Andrews family, was the brother of James Andrews and Troy "Trombone Shorty" Andrews. The New Birth Brass Band dedicated their 1997 album "D-Boy" to his memory.
