Harry Choates

For the 1927 murder victim from Tennessee, see Lynching of Henry Choate.
Harry Choates
Background information
Born(1922-12-26)December 26, 1922
OriginCow Island, Louisiana, U.S.
DiedJuly 17, 1951(1951-07-17) (aged 28)
GenresCajun
OccupationsMusician, Fiddler
InstrumentFiddle
Years active1934-51
LabelsGold Star, Modern Music, Starday, D Records, Deluxe, Macy's, O.T., Allied, Cajun Classics, Humming Bird
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Harry Henry Choates (December 26, 1922 – July 17, 1951) was an American Cajun music fiddler known as the "Fiddle King of Cajun Swing" and the "Godfather of Cajun music." The scholar Barry Jean Ancelet called Choates "undoubtedly the most popular Cajun musician of his day."

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