Tommy Ridgley, American singer and bandleader (died 1999)

Tommy Ridgley

American R&B singer, pianist, songwriter and bandleader (1925–1999)

Thomas Herman Ridgley was an American R&B singer, pianist, songwriter and bandleader in New Orleans, Louisiana. In a musical career lasting half a century Ridgley was a stalwart of the New Orleans rhythm and blues scene. Although he never had a national hit, unlike several of…