26-07-2006, 08:45 PM
From Wikipedia ...Joe Liggins (July 9, 1915 - July 26, 1987) was a notable jazz, blues, and mostly R&B pianist, who played with the band Joe Liggins and the Honeydrippers in the 1940s and 1950s, as their front man. His band was often a staple on the R&B charts in those years, with their biggest hit being "The Honeydripper", released in 1945. That single topped the R&B "race" chart for 18 weeks; more than 60 years later, The Honeydripper remains tied with Louis Jordan for the longest-ever stay atop that chart.