Dorothy LaBostrie

Dorothy Labostrie towers among the most prolific and popular songwriters to emerge from the New Orleans R&B community, authoring classics including Little Richard's "Tutti Frutti," Johnny Adams' "I Won't Cry," and Irma Thomas' "(You Can Have My Husband, But Please) Don't Mess With My Man." According to Jeff Hannusch's book I Hear You Knockin', she was born May 18, 1938, in Rayland, KY, and raised in Mobile, AL, relocating to New Orleans at 13 to seek out her father's Creole roots. While working as a domestic and waitress, Labostrie frequented the blues joints up and down Rampart Street -- in her spare hours, she also wrote poetry.



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