FILE PHOTO / DIGITIZED BY HISTORIC IMAGES, INC. New Orleans rhythm and blues great Jessie Hill, best known for the song “Ooh Poo Pah Doo,” was born 90 years ago this week, on Dec. 9, 1932.

Jessie Hill, the late New Orleans R&B singer and multi-instrumentalist, left a powerful legacy behind in the form of his 1960 hit "Ooh Poo Pah Doo," a New Orleans golden-age ...