Performer, club owner and entrepreneur Chris Owens was born Christine Joetta Shaw in rural Texas on October 5, 1932, studied to be a nurse, and later married car dealer Sol Owens in 1956, and opened a nightclub on St. Louis Street in the French Quarter. Originally intended to be low-key, Owens' performance numbers became so popular that the "Chris Owens Review" became a must-see act in town and they purchased the building on the corner of St. Louis and Bourbon in 1977. Tourists visiting Bourbon Street cannot miss huge posters of her wearing costumes as they walk by her nightclub. Chris hosts a yearly Easter Parade that rolls throughout the French Quarter. And, in 2006, she was inducted into the New Orleans Musical Legends Park with a statue created in her likeness. Known as "Queen of the Vieux Carré", Owens has been a French Quarter fixture and celebrity from the start of the 1960’s through today. And on this day, we wish her a very Happy Birthday!