Red Boy
He left McKinney's Cotton Pickers in 1934, and lived and played in Detroit from then on. He formed his own small group in 1943, expanding it into the Todd Rhodes Orchestra by 1946. The orchestra made its first recordings for Sensation Records in 1947. Turning more towards rhythm and blues music, the band became known as Todd Rhodes &amp; His Toddlers, and their recordings were distributed by the Vitacoustic label. His instrumental "Blues for the Red Boy" reached number 4 on the R&amp;B chart late in 1948, and the following year "Pot Likker", made number 3 on the R&amp;B chart. "Blues for the Red Boy" was later famously used by Alan Freed as the theme song for his "Moondog" radio show; Freed referring to the song as "Blues for the Moondog" instead of its actual title.