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DATE: October 18,
2010
TO: Planning Commission and City Council
FROM: Stephen C. Richardson, Planning Manager
SUBJECT: Consider a request for a street name change from Ollie Street to
Barbara Lynn Street for that portion of Ollie Street from Usan
St. to SP Road
FILE: 764-OB
NOTE: Due to a technical error, a new public hearing needs to
be held.
STAFF REPORT
The Planning Manager recommends approval.
Councilman Jamie Smith has requested that Ollie Street, from Usan
St. to SP Road, be renamed to Barbara Lynn Street. This name
change would honor the rhythm and blues singer, Barbara Lynn.
The Beaumont native was born Barbara Lynn Ozen on January
16,1942. At school, she took piano lessons and also mastered the
ukulele, before persuading her parents to buy her an electric guitar.
As a keen schoolgirl poet, Barbara soon began setting her words to
music. Her initial foray into the record business began in the
mid-50's when she was taken under the wing of New Orleans blues
singer and DJ, Clarence A Bon Ton @ Garlow, who allowed musically
inclined local youngsters like herself to hang out, rehearse and record
in his small studio after school. Barbara and her sister also traveled
to Lake Charles to sing background vocals on sessions for the Goldband
Label.
By the late >50's, Barbara was playing around the Beaumont area at
small clubs like Lou Ann=s and the Ten Acre Club, fronting her group
Bobbie Lynn and the Idols. An all-girl band, they wore pants and
specialized in Presley songs like A Jailhouse Rock @, earning Barbara the
nickname, A the Black Elvis @. News of Barbara=s dynamite
performances spread, soon grabbing the attention of local record man,
Huey P. Meaux.
Meaux set about negotiating a deal for his protegeď. He eventually
enticed the Jamie Label of Philadelphia into a licensing agreement.
Soon Barbara=s record, A You=ll Lose A Good Thing @, which she wrote
several years earlier as a student at Hebert High School, entered the
Billboard Hot 100 in June, 1962. By August, the record had
replaced Ray Charles= A I Can=t Stop Loving You @ atop the R=n=B charts
and was #8 on the Pop charts. During this time, Barbara appeared
twice on Dick Clark=s American Bandstand.
STAFF REPORT continued
Several albums and a number of singles followed on different labels.
Barbara toured the country with many legends of the R & B music
industry including B.B. King, Otis Redding, Sam Cooke, James Brown,
Al Green, Carla Thomas, Marvin Gaye, Ike and Tina Turner and the
Temptations. In addition to her two appearances on American
Bandstand, Barbara has appeared at the Apollo Theater.
She married her first husband at age 28 and had three children.
While living in Los Angeles, Barbara occasionally appeared at local
clubs. After her husband=s death, she returned to Beaumont to be
near her mother and resume her recording career.
Through the years, Barbara has seen her music recorded by other
artists, including Aretha Franklin, Freddie Fender and the Rolling
Stones.
In 1999, Barbara Lynn was given a Pioneer Award by the Rhythm
and Blues Foundation.
PUBLIC NOTIFICATION
Notices mailed to property owners 50 .
Responses in Favor . Responses in Opposition
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PROPERTY OWNERS
ALLEN MARY ALICE
BGI ENTERPRISE INC ATTN: A B BERNARD JR
BLAIZE LAWRENCE & VIRGINIA
BLAIZE LAWRENCE ET UX
BOUTTE MARIE EMERITE
BROUSSARD CLIFF
CHEVIS DELORES DBA DEE RICHARD REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT
CITY OF BEAUMONT
COBB DORIS
COMMUNITY CEMETERIES
DALCOUR MARGIE
DIGGLES TENA J
DIOCESE OF BEAUMONT
DUGAS CHARLES
EGLAND RAYMOND
FONTENOT DELBRA FAYE
FOSTER LETICIA
FRANK MARIE LUCILLE
PROPERTY OWNERS continued
GARDINER WILLIAM SR
GORDAN U'ELLA
GOUAUX BARBARA A
HUDSON SHERMAN JR
JOHNSON ROSIE MARIE RHYMES
LAFLEUR BEVERLY A & EVELYN REDO
LINDSEY WENDY N
MALVEAUX HILDA & JOHN MARY L ROUTTE
MCCOY PATRINA
MCCULLOUGH WILLIAM
MOORE VERLINE G
MOUTON LARRY J
MOYE MELANIE
NEDD ALICE % EVELYN GRAMLIN
PINNACLE CARE LLC % SHIRA FOULCARD, MGR
RICHARD MILDRED
ROQUEMORE HELENA MARIE
RUBIN CREGAN ESTATE
SHELANDER DEREK F
SIMON JOE
STALLWORTH VELVA MIRES
STATEWIDE CONSOLIDATED COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORP INC
THOMPSON JULIA
THOMPSON JULIA E
WARD DELBRA
WEST TABERNACLE BAPTIST CHURCH
ZENO FREDERIC