[4] Leroy was born on January 30, 1915 Rayne, Louisiana to Gilbert Leblanc and Carrie Bird Hoffpauir.

[5][9] The band featured people such as "Rang Tang Bully" Joe Werner, Harry Choates, Oran "Doc" Guidry, Nathan Abshire and many more.

[6][10][11] By 1953, every morning on KVOL, Happy would play popular Cajun bands on his radio talk show.

[10][12] In his later years, Happy Fats signed up with J. D. "Jay" Miller's "Reb Rebel Records".

In 1966, he recorded popular segregationist tunes, including one entitled "Dear Mr.