Bald Head

Roy Byrd and His Blues Jumpers · 1950 · His only national hit

Context

Written by Henry Roeland Byrd, known as Professor Longhair, Bald Head is a humorous piece recorded for Mercury in early 1950, after his first 78s for Star Talent and Atlantic, and released under the name Roy Byrd and His Blues Jumpers. It entered Billboard's R&B chart in August 1950, reached number five and remained the only national hit of the New Orleans pianist.

In the genealogy of jazz

This track belongs to Jump blues, R&B, Boogie-woogie. Among the origins and influences of Jump blues, R&B: Blues, spirituals, work songs, Boogie-woogie, Swing, big bands, Kansas City, Gospel.

Sources

• bear-family.com
• EN: Professor Longhair

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