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- Birth nameHarold Raymond Battiste Jr.
- Harold R. Battiste Jr. was born on October 28, 1931 in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. He is known for Good Times (1967), The Sonny and Cher Show (1976) and Treme (2010). He was married to Alviette Dominique. He died on June 19, 2015 in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.
- SpouseAlviette Dominique(1953 - 1988) (divorced, 4 children)
- Inducted into the Louisiana Music Hall of Fame in 2010.
- He was a composer, producer, arranger, and musician.
- He earned a degree in music education from Dillard University in 1952. He worked as a music teacher in Louisiana before going to California to pursue a career in recording. He split his time between Los Angeles and New Orleans for the next 30 years.
- He founded the first African American musician-owned record label, All For One, better known as AFO Records, in 1961.
- He arranged Sam Cooke's first secular hit, "You Send Me," and played piano on the civil rights anthem "A Change Is Gonna Come".
- I could hear the music coming from there on my front porch and in my living room. It was the music of the black stars of the day: lots of R&B, a little swing, a little jazz, a bit of jump. It was all about the rhythm, and I couldn't help but be drawn to that music because it spoke directly to my spirit. [on growing up near the famous Lasalle Street R&B nightclub, The Dew Drop Inn]
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