Swamp pop is a music genre indigenous to the Acadiana region of south Louisiana and an adjoining section of southeast Texas. Created in the 1950s by young...
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1954) is a popular south Louisiana swamp pop singer. Although younger than the original generation of swamp pop pioneers such as Johnnie Allan, Rod Bernard...
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in 1957. It is often cited as the first swamp rock single; although Hawkins' recording was considered swamp pop at the time, it had the hard edge and more...
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Music of Louisiana (section Swamp pop)
Swamp pop also left its imprint on the related but distinct genre known as "swamp blues", including Slim Harpo's classic "Rainin' in My Heart". Swamp...
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Freddy Fender (category Swamp pop music)
Seven and the Texas Tornados. His signature sound fused country, rock, swamp pop and Tex-Mex styles. Active since the 1950s, when he got his start playing...
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Cookie and his Cupcakes (category Swamp pop music)
Cupcakes was an American swamp pop band from south Louisiana, best known for their 1959 hit "Mathilda", the unofficial anthem of swamp pop music. The band originally...
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Legislature at the "Swamp Pop Capital of the World," recognizing the town's "long, rich history of fostering the development of swamp pop music." Ville Platte...
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Swamp blues is a type of Louisiana blues that developed in the Black communities of Southwest Louisiana in the 1950s. It incorporates influences from...
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List of music genres and styles (section Pop)
Schlager Sophisti-pop Space age pop Sunshine pop Swamp pop Synth-pop Teen pop Traditional pop Turbo-folk Turkish pop Urban adult contemporary Urban contemporary...
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J. D. "Jay" Miller (category Swamp pop music)
American record producer and songwriter from Louisiana, whose Cajun, swamp blues, and swamp pop recordings influenced American popular culture. Miller was born...
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observatories, Landscope and The Centre of the Universe. Finer and Hamburg-based swamp pop legend DM Bob have recorded and performed together since 2005, releasing...
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Johnnie Allan (category Swamp pop music)
(born John Allen Guillot, March 10, 1938) is an American pioneer of the swamp pop musical genre. Born in Rayne, Louisiana, United States, Allan, a Cajun...
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Oh! Darling (category Swamp pop music)
Furthermore, it may have drawn on the related Louisiana genre known today as swamp pop, whose distinctive sound bears an uncanny resemblance to the basic structure...
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C. C. Adcock (category Swamp pop music)
cajun, zydeco, electric blues and swamp pop-influenced sound and for his efforts to preserve and promote swamp pop music. He is also a Grammy-nominated...
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"renaissance" also incorporates more modern elements of folk, blues, jazz and swamp pop, and bluegrass styles. The fiddle players relax, involving a more legato...
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Haley and the Zydekats Johnnie Allan, swamp pop musician Rod Bernard, swamp pop musician John Fred, swamp pop & rock and roll musician Sammy Kershaw...
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American roots rock group from New Orleans. Their music blends folk, swamp pop, New Orleans rhythm and blues, Louisiana blues, country, cajun/zydeco...
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Swamp music may refer to: Swamp rock Swamp blues Swamp pop "Swamp Music", a track from the 1974 album Second Helping by Lynyrd Skynyrd "Swamp Music",...
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Frenchin' the Boogie (Blue Star), 1976 Boogie in Black and White (with swamp pop musician Rod Bernard, Jin Records), 1976 Red Hot Louisiana Band (Arhoolie)...
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Floyd Soileau (category Swamp pop music)
making significant contributions to what was the, then, controversial swamp pop music. In 1975 he established his Maison de Soul record label, devoted...
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See You Later, Alligator (category Swamp pop music)
April 6, 2003. Retrieved September 3, 2012. Bernard, Shane K. (1996). Swamp Pop: Cajun and Creole Rhythm and Blues. Jackson: University Press of Mississippi...
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Wasted Days and Wasted Nights (category Swamp pop music)
Nights" is an American country and pop song recorded by Freddy Fender. It is considered by many to belong to the swamp pop idiom of south Louisiana and southeast...
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Crockett on His New '$10 Cowboy' Single, Mixing Traditional Country With 'Swamp-Pop-Soul,' and Working With Willie Nelson". Variety. Retrieved February 2...
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psychedelia", Bam Balams played a mix of garage rock, swamp rock-swamp pop, R&B, rockabilly, jangle pop and 1950s-1960s style country music. Their records...
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music Swamp blues – a style of blues developed in Baton Rouge that is heavily influenced by Zydeco and Cajun music. Swamp pop – a style of pop music developed...
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dedicated to recognizing the architects of rock-n-roll, blues, jazz, country, swamp pop and soul music Ponderosa Sun Club, a nudist resort in Roselawn, Indiana...
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George Khoury (record producer) (category Swamp pop music)
1909 – January 8, 1998, Lake Charles, Louisiana) was an American pioneer swamp pop and cajun record producer known for co-writing and composing the No. 1...
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Sea of Love (Phil Phillips song) (category Swamp pop music)
singles of 1984 (U.S.) List of RPM number-one singles of 1984 "What Is Swamp Pop Music?". ThoughtCo. Retrieved October 28, 2018. Marsh, Dave (1989). The...
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