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Bobby Marchan

Oscar James Gibson, known professionally as Bobby Marchan, was born on April 30, 1930, in Youngstown, Ohio. He started his career as a female impersonator and formed the drag troupe Powder Box Revue during his teens. Bobby Marchan began performing in New Orleans nightclubs in the mid-1950s and released his first recording, "Have Mercy", produced by Cosimo Matassa for Aladdin Records in 1954. He joined Huey "Piano" Smith and His Clowns, contributing to hits like "Rocking Pneumonia and the Boogie Woogie Flu" (1957) and "Don't You Just Know It" (1958). In 1959, he left the band to r...