Satchmo with golden crown of trumpets on the cover of the February 21, 1949 issue of Time magazine

John Doe

The excitement and publicity surrounding his triumphant return as Zulu royalty put the Zulu Social Aid and Pleasure Club in the limelight, but celebrities in Mardi Gras parades wouldn’t become a regular tradition until Danny Kaye reigned as the first Bacchus in 1969.

The excitement and publicity surrounding his triumphant return as Zulu royalty put the Zulu Social Aid and Pleasure Club in the limelight, but celebrities in Mardi Gras parades wouldn’t become a regular tradition until Danny Kaye reigned as the first Bacchus in 1969.