Click HERE for the music to hear.Because it's raining & weekend is on his waythere's a new upload out.Born Roland LeBlanc, 12 August 1941, New Orleans, Louisiana
Died 22 December 1999, New Orleans, Louisiana
Roland Stone was a New Orleans R&B performer, somewhat in
the style of Jimmy Clanton.
None other than Aaron Neville has referred to Stone as
"the singingest white guy I've ever heard".
Roland LeBlanc originally played guitar and sang in a
high school band called The Jokers.
In 1959 he was spotted by Mac Rebennack who
persuaded him to join his group,
The Skyliners. This led to the release of his first record, "Preacher's Daughter" (a re-working of the traditional blues 'Junco Partner'),
on Spinett, a label owned by Frankie Ford and his manager,
Joe Caronna (who in turn became LeBlanc's manager and
came up with the name Roland Stone).
Switching to Johnny Vincent's Ace label, "Something Special" helped
establish his name on the East Coast, and was followed by
"Just A Moment" (Ace 629), which became a local hit and sold
an estimated 100,000 copies in the South.
Further Ace releases followed, including an LP (called "Just A Moment"),
but following a final single on Cosimo Matassa's White Cliffs label
in 1964, "Remember That", LeBlanc quit music
to work in the dry cleaning business.
RON.
