Huey Long (singer) Huey Long (singer) Huey Long (April 25, 1904 – June 10, 2009) was an American jazz and swing singer-songwriter and musician and was a member of the close harmony vocal traditional pop group The Ink Spots. Born in Sealy, Texas, Long began his musical career in 1925 playing banjo for Frank Davis' Louisiana Jazz Band, based in Houston. He switched from the banjo to the guitar after moving to Chicago, where he appeared at the 1933 World's Fair with Texas Guinan's Cuban Orchestra. He performed with artists such as Lil Armstrong and Fletcher Henderson, and his career also encompassed sideman,
Huey Long (singer) dedicated to Long in particular. At about the age of 102, Mr. Long began visiting Velma Jackson who was 92 at the time. Velma had previously played the piano on a radio program in nearby Galveston. Velma and Mr. Long were introduced by a mutual caregiver, Marcelle Young, who took Velma to Mr. Long's house in Houston where they played together, with Velma on the piano and Mr. Long on the guitar. Velma died in 2008 at the age of 94. Long died in Houston, Texas at the age of 105 on June 10, 2009. Huey Long (singer) Huey Long