April 5, 1970 Otis J. Rene, songwriter and record producer, died. Rene was born October 2, 1898 in New Orleans, Louisiana. With his younger brother Leon, in the 1930s they founded Exclusive Records and Excelsior Records, becoming the leading producers of recording artists such as Nat King Cole, Johnny Otis, and Joe Liggins and His […]
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