Joe Houston

Saxophonist

Birthday July 11, 1926

Birth Sign Cancer

Birthplace Austin, TX

DEATH DATE Dec 28, 2015 (89)

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About

Billboard R&B Top Ten artist and founder of the Defrosterz who released songs like "Worry, Worry, Worry."

Before Fame

He was offered the chance to fill in for an absent saxophonist with a local band in 1941 and toured with them in the American Midwest.

Trivia

He had a stroke in 2005 and retired from musical performances and recordings.

Family Life

He was born in Austin and raised in a suburb of Bastrop.

Associated With

Both Houston and Charles Miller spent most of their musical careers based in Los Angeles.