François Duvalier (French pronunciation: ​[fʁɑ̃swa dyvalje]; 14 April 1907 – 21 April 1971), also known as Papa Doc, was a Haitian politician who served as the President of Haiti from 1957 to 1971.
He added a year to his age as an underage prodigy with a local hit, so he could get into gigs. [14][15] After the injury, Rebennack concentrated on bass guitar before making piano his main instrument, developing a style influenced by Professor Longhair. (1985)[28] and American Tongues in 1987. In May 2013, Rebennack received an honorary doctorate of fine arts from Tulane University. In 1997 he contributed piano and vocals to the Spiritualized song "Cop Shoot Cop" which appears on their album, Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space. The Tonton Macoute captured and killed Barbot in July 1963. Dr. John (Mac Rebennack) and Jack Rummel (1994). Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band", and Blues Brothers 2000, in which he joined the fictional band the Louisiana Gator Boys to perform the songs "How Blue Can You Get" and "New Orleans". Also in 2011, Dr. John, Allen Toussaint and The Meters performed Desitively Bonnaroo at the Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival in Manchester, Tennessee, as part of the festival's tenth year celebration. In 1997, he appeared on the charity single version of Lou Reed's "Perfect Day". During early to mid-1969, Dr. John toured extensively, backed by supporting musicians Richard "Didymus" Washington (congas), Richard Crooks (drums), David L. Johnson (bass), Gary Carino (guitar), and singers Eleanor Barooshian, Jeanette Jacobs from The Cake, and Sherry Graddie. In 1979, he collaborated with the legendary Professor Longhair on Fess's (another nickname for Henry Byrd) last recording Crawfish Fiesta, as a guitarist. Throughout his adolescence, his father's connections enabled him access to the recording rooms of rock artists, including Little Richard and Guitar Slim.

"[citation needed] It rose to #24 on the Billboard album chart. Impressed by the professor's flamboyant attire and striking musical style,[7] Rebennack soon began performing with him, and began his life as a professional musician. His 19-year-old son Jean-Claude Duvalier, nicknamed "Baby Doc", succeeded him as president. [19]:148 Duvalier targeted them as a means to secure U.S. support in addition to the principle: Duvalier was exposed to communist and leftist ideas early in his life and rejected them. The Los Angeles Times said, "Tribute albums come and go, but it's a real rarity that can snap a listener to attention like Dr. John's new salute to jazz founding father Louis Armstrong. The U.S. thus halted most of its economic assistance in mid-1962, pending stricter accounting procedures, with which Duvalier refused to comply. [41], Dr. John was married twice and told the New York Times that he had "a lot" of children. After thwarting a military coup d'état in 1958, his regime rapidly became totalitarian and despotic. During the heart attack, he was comatose for nine hours. Her name is recorded variously as "Ulyssia", CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (, Toussaint Louverture International Airport, "Haiti's Poverty Stirs Nostalgia for Old Ghosts", "Haiti: Historical Setting § François Duvalier, 1957–71", "Real-Life Baron Samedi: Francois 'Papa Doc' Duvalier", "Métaspora de Joël Des Rosiers ou l'art comme dépassement de la vie quotidienne", "Heroes & killers of the 20th century: The Duvaliers", "Papa Doc, a Ruthless Dictator, Kept the Haitians in Illiteracy and Dire Poverty", "A Weird, Fatal Dash into Turbulent Haiti", "Haiti: National Security § The Duvalier Era, 1957–86", "Haiti: Government and Politics § Foreign Relations", "Biographies: François Duvalier (1907–1971)", "Duvalier's Death Causes Mixed Reactions In Miami's Little Haiti", "Report on the situation of human rights in Haiti", "Bahamas Director of Information given death sentence in Haiti 1968", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=François_Duvalier&oldid=986481896, People excommunicated by the Catholic Church, University of Michigan School of Public Health alumni, Short description is different from Wikidata, Articles containing Haitian Creole-language text, Articles containing explicitly cited English-language text, Articles with unsourced statements from September 2017, Wikipedia articles with SNAC-ID identifiers, Wikipedia articles with SUDOC identifiers, Wikipedia articles with Trove identifiers, Wikipedia articles with WORLDCATID identifiers, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 1 November 2020, at 03:49.