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20 Best of Swamp Pop from Louisiana
ARC Music

20 Best of Swamp Pop from Louisiana

$16.99

Details

Composer
VARIOUS
Artist
Lil Bob & Lollipops, Allan, Chenier
Format
CD
Label
ARC Music
Released
Feb 24, 2017
Catalog #
EUCD2701
UPC
5019396270121

About

Swamp Pop is indigenous to the Acadiana region of South Louisiana as well as from the Beaumont/ Port Arthur area of neighboring East Texas. It is marked by highly emotional, ultra-romantic, plaintive style vocals. The simple, unaffected and often bilingual lyrics are backed by a honky-tonk piano, bellowing sax sections and a strong R&B backbeat. Upbeat pieces often possess the bouncy rhythms of Cajun and black Creole two-steps, and their lyrics frequently convey the local color and joie de vivre spirit pervading South Louisiana. Slow melancholic ballads with their undulating bass line and dramatic breaks exhibit the heart-broken ‘what’s-the-use-of-living’ laments common to many Cajun and black Creole compositions. The genre appeared during the mid-to late 1950s, its heyday lasting until the early 1980s.

Tracklist 20 tracks

  1. 1 South to Louisiana (North to Alaska) 02:15
    Track
    1
    Title
    South to Louisiana (North to Alaska)
    Duration
    02:15
    Composer
    Johnny Horton
    Performer
    Johnnie Allan
  2. 2 You're Pouring Water 02:48
    Track
    2
    Title
    You're Pouring Water
    Duration
    02:48
    Composer
    Drew Baker, Danny McCormick
    Ensemble
    Lil Bob & The Lillipops
  3. 3 (Holly Beach) Under the Boardwalk 03:53
    Track
    3
    Title
    (Holly Beach) Under the Boardwalk
    Duration
    03:53
    Composer
    Arthur Resnick, Kenny Young
    Performer
    Kenny Tibbs
  4. 4 Shake, Rattle and Roll 03:16
    Track
    4
    Title
    Shake, Rattle and Roll
    Duration
    03:16
    Composer
    Jesse Stone
    Performer
    Clifton Chenier, Rod Bernard
  5. 5 Mathilda 03:09
    Track
    5
    Title
    Mathilda
    Duration
    03:09
    Composer
    George Khoury, Huey Thierry
    Ensemble
    Cookie & The Cupcakes
  6. 6 Promised Land 02:04
    Track
    6
    Title
    Promised Land
    Duration
    02:04
    Composer
    Chuck Berry
    Performer
    Johnnie Allan
  7. 7 Opelousas Sostan 02:34
    Track
    7
    Title
    Opelousas Sostan
    Duration
    02:34
    Composer
    Benny Graeff, Victor Palmer
    Ensemble
    Rufus Jagneaux
  8. 8 This Should Go On Forever 02:47
    Track
    8
    Title
    This Should Go On Forever
    Duration
    02:47
    Composer
    King Karl, J.D. Miller
    Performer
    Rod Bernard
  9. 9 Trouble In My Life 02:39
    Track
    9
    Title
    Trouble In My Life
    Duration
    02:39
    Composer
    Huey Thierry, George Khoury
    Ensemble
    Cookie & The Cupcakes
  10. 10 There Goes That Train 02:11
    Track
    10
    Title
    There Goes That Train
    Duration
    02:11
    Composer
    Roy Charles Hammond
    Performer
    Lee Martin
  11. 11 Betty and Dupree 02:33
    Track
    11
    Title
    Betty and Dupree
    Duration
    02:33
    Composer
    Chuck Wills
    Ensemble
    Cookie & The Cupcakes
  12. 12 Jalapeño Lena 03:34
    Track
    12
    Title
    Jalapeño Lena
    Duration
    03:34
    Composer
    Sidney Simien
    Performer
    Sidney Simien
  13. 13 Genevieve 02:42
    Track
    13
    Title
    Genevieve
    Duration
    02:42
    Composer
    Dennis Norris
    Ensemble
    Randy & The Rockets
  14. 14 Prisoner's Song 02:19
    Track
    14
    Title
    Prisoner's Song
    Duration
    02:19
    Composer
    Guy Massey
    Performer
    Warren Storm
  15. 15 Mathilda Finally Come Back Home 02:10
    Track
    15
    Title
    Mathilda Finally Come Back Home
    Duration
    02:10
    Composer
    Ernest Jacobs, Huey Thierry
    Performer
    Darby Bouget
  16. 16 My Jolie Blonde 02:55
    Track
    16
    Title
    My Jolie Blonde
    Duration
    02:55
    Composer
    Rod Bernard, Clifton Chenier
    Performer
    Rod Bernard, Clifton Chenier
  17. 17 I Love My Saturday Night 02:28
    Track
    17
    Title
    I Love My Saturday Night
    Duration
    02:28
    Composer
    Herbie Stutes, James Edwards
    Performer
    Herbie Stutes
  18. 18 Lil' Fat Man 02:14
    Track
    18
    Title
    Lil' Fat Man
    Duration
    02:14
    Composer
    Leroy LeBlanc, Oran Guidry
    Performer
    Johnnie Allan
  19. 19 Belinda 02:30
    Track
    19
    Title
    Belinda
    Duration
    02:30
    Composer
    Huey Thierry, George Khoury
    Ensemble
    Cookie & The Cupcakes
  20. 20 Nobody But You 02:41
    Track
    20
    Title
    Nobody But You
    Duration
    02:41
    Composer
    Dee Clark
    Ensemble
    Lil Bob & The Lillipops