20 Best of Swamp Pop from Louisiana

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Label
ARC Music
Release Date
February 24, 2017
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      VARIOUS
    • PERFORMER
      Lil Bob & Lollipops, Allan, Chenier
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      February 24, 2017
    • UPC
      5019396270121
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      EUCD2701
    • LABEL
      ARC Music
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Country
    Works ⌄

    1. South to Louisiana (North to Alaska)

      Composer: Johnny Horton

      Performer: Johnnie Allan

    2. You're Pouring Water

      Composer: Drew Baker, Danny McCormick

      Ensemble: Lil Bob & The Lillipops

    3. (Holly Beach) Under the Boardwalk

      Composer: Arthur Resnick, Kenny Young

      Performer: Kenny Tibbs

    4. Shake, Rattle and Roll

      Composer: Jesse Stone

      Performer: Clifton Chenier, Rod Bernard

    5. Mathilda

      Composer: George Khoury, Huey Thierry

      Ensemble: Cookie & The Cupcakes

    6. Promised Land

      Composer: Chuck Berry

      Performer: Johnnie Allan

    7. Opelousas Sostan

      Composer: Benny Graeff, Victor Palmer

      Ensemble: Rufus Jagneaux

    8. This Should Go On Forever

      Composer: King Karl, J.D. Miller

      Performer: Rod Bernard

    9. Trouble In My Life

      Composer: Huey Thierry, George Khoury

      Ensemble: Cookie & The Cupcakes

    10. There Goes That Train

      Composer: Roy Charles Hammond

      Performer: Lee Martin

    11. Betty and Dupree

      Composer: Chuck Wills

      Ensemble: Cookie & The Cupcakes

    12. Jalapeño Lena

      Composer: Sidney Simien

      Performer: Sidney Simien

    13. Genevieve

      Composer: Dennis Norris

      Ensemble: Randy & The Rockets

    14. Prisoner's Song

      Composer: Guy Massey

      Performer: Warren Storm

    15. Mathilda Finally Come Back Home

      Composer: Ernest Jacobs, Huey Thierry

      Performer: Darby Bouget

    16. My Jolie Blonde

      Composer: Rod Bernard, Clifton Chenier

      Performer: Rod Bernard, Clifton Chenier

    17. I Love My Saturday Night

      Composer: Herbie Stutes, James Edwards

      Performer: Herbie Stutes

    18. Lil' Fat Man

      Composer: Leroy LeBlanc, Oran Guidry

      Performer: Johnnie Allan

    19. Belinda

      Composer: Huey Thierry, George Khoury

      Ensemble: Cookie & The Cupcakes

    20. Nobody But You

      Composer: Dee Clark

      Ensemble: Lil Bob & The Lillipops


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.