Leon René

Although frequently overlooked, songwriter Leon René was a significant amount in R n’ B/early rock and roll n’ roll, simply because he helped shape the Western world Coastline R n’ B sound through the ’50s. Blessed on Feb 6, 1902 in Covington, LA, René (together with his sibling, Leon) was the top of 1 of the initial black independent brands on America’s Western world Coast, Exceptional and Excelsior Information. The label afterwards transformed its name to Course Records through the past due ’50s (and welcomed aboard another owner, Preston Like), where times René created and penned a number of the era’s most widely used strikes, including “Rockin’ Robin.” ON, MAY 30, 1982, René passed on at age 80, in LA, California.