Entertainer Chris Owens, who shimmied and sang for audiences in New Orleans for more than six decades, died of a heart attack on Tuesday morning in her St. Louis Street apartment, according to her longtime manager Kitsy Adams.
The French Quarter is the heart of New Orleans, Bourbon Street is the heart of the French Quarter, and since 1956 Chris Owens was the heart of Bourbon Street. Owens’ age was a closely guarded secret, but generations saw her perform over the years, and her shows became a classy cornerstone on one of the world’s best-known streets.
Club 809 had not been open a full year when Times-Picayune entertainment columnist Howard Jacobs breathlessly explained Owen’s appeal: “She is a regal, vivid and sensuous-looking brunette of undeniable beauty and grace. But the prime factor that has brought her to the attention of New York and Hollywood is a dynamic quality which, translated into the torrid Latin rhythms, suggests the throbbing power of a DC-6 warming up for the takeoff.
Chris and Sol studied it firsthand during routine trips to the Tropicana Club in Havana, a mod architectural marvel that hosted big-time acts, from Carmen Miranda to Tito Puente. Chris’ conga-driven performances and her flamboyantly revealing costumes can be traced to the Tropicana. It was the era of the “I Love Lucy” television show, which brought Cuban band leader Desi Arnaz into American households everywhere.
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