Eddie Lee Langlois (January 15, 1936 – March 10, 1985), known professionally as Eddie Lang, was an American R&B and

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singer and guitarist. He was born in

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, United States. By the early 1950s, he was second guitarist in Eddie "Guitar Slim" Jones' band. He made his own recordings, credited as 'Little Eddie, in the mid-1950s, for

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, and then recorded for the RPM label. In 1959, as Eddie Lang, he recorded "On My Own" and "Troubles Troubles", released by Ron Records. Under the pseudonym Sly Dell, he also recorded for the Seven B label.Greg Burgess, "New Orleans R&B: The Story of Ric & Ron Records", ''TheSoulBasement.com''
. Retrieved 12 October 2016 In 1965, he made further recordings, releasing "The Love I Have For You" and "The Sad One" on the Seven B label owned by Joe Banashak. His Seven B recordings have been described as his finest recordings, "outstanding", "very forceful" and "superbly judged".Eddie Lang, ''SirShambling.com''
Retrieved 12 October 2016 He later recorded for the Superdome label, with "Food Stamp Blues" becoming one of his most successful recordings. Following a stroke in the late 1970s, he died in 1985 at his home in Slidell, Louisiana.

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