Leigh “L’il Queenie” Harris, vocalist and frontwoman of 1970s and early ’80s rock band Li’l Queenie and the Percolators has passed away at age 65 from cancer.

Harris grew up in Old Metairie and experienced her first musical triumph at the age of 11 when she sang “It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue” at the Tulane University Folk Festival. Years later, in 1975, she secured her first professional gig performing at the long-gone Oak Street club, Jed’s. “I sang and played guitar; it was great, Lil’ D...