Wilford Montgomery, known as Little Brother Montgomery, and born on April 18, 1906, in Kentwood, Louisiana, was a jazz, blues, and boogie-woogie singer and pianist. He started playing piano at age four and began his career performing at African-American lumber camps. In 1928, he moved to Chicago and made his first recordings. From 1931 through 1938, he led the Southland Troubadours in Jackson, Mississippi. Montgomery returned to Chicago in 1941 and began touring extensively. His fame grew in the 1960s, leading to numerous recordings, including some on his own label, FM Records. Notable compositions include "Shreveport Farewell" and "Farrish Street Jive". He died on September 6, 1985, in Champaign, Illinois. In 2013, Montgomery was posthumously inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame.
