Swamp Pop, indigenous to South Louisiana, is marked by highly emotional, plaintive style vocals, simple, unaffected lyrics 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. Slow melancholic ballads exhibit the heart-broken ‘what’s-the-use-of-living’ laments common to many Cajun and black Creole compositions.
Track Listing:
1. Johnnie Allan: South to Louisiana (North to Alaska) (Mike Phillips, Johnny Horton / EMI Hastings Catalog) - 2:15
2. Lil Bob & The Lollipops: You're Pouring Water (Drew Baker, Danny McCormick / Warner-Tamerlane obo Pronto Music) - 2:48
3. Kenny Tibbs: (Holly Beach) Under the Boardwalk (Arthur Resnick, Kenny Young / Alley Music, Trio Music) - 3:53
4. Rod Bernard & Clifton Chenier: Shake, Rattle & Roll (Charles Calhoun / Hill & Range Songs) - 3:16
5. Cookie & The Cupcakes: Mathilda (George Khoury, Huey Thierry / EMI Blackwood Music obo Combine Music) - 3:09
6. Johnnie Allan: Promised Land (Chuck Berry / Arc Music) - 2:04
7. Rufus Jagneaux: Opelousas Sostan (Benny Graeff, Victor Palmer / Flat Town Music, BMI) - 2:34
8. Rod Bernard: This Should Go On Forever (Jay Miller, Bernard Jolivetto / Jamil Music) - 2:47
9. Cookie & The Cupcakes: Trouble in My Life (Huey Thierry, George Khoury / Su-Ma Publishing) - 2:39
10. Lee Martin: There Goes That Train (Roy Hammond / Selma Music Corp) - 2:11
11. Shelton Dunaway & the Cupcakes: Betty and Dupree (Chuck Willis / Hill & Range Music, Tideland Music) - 2:33
12. Rockin' Sidney: Jalapeno Lena (Sidney Simien / Flat Town Music, BMI) - 3:34
13. Randy & The Rockets: Genevieve (Dennis Norris / Fort Knox Music, Trio Music) - 2:42
14. Warren Storm: Prisoner's Song (G. Massey / Shapiro Bernstein Pub.) - 2:19
15. Darby Douget: Mathilda Finally Come Back Home (Ernest Jacobs, Huey Thierry / Flat Town Music, BMI) - 2:10
16. Rod Bernard and Clifton Chenier: My Jolie Blonde (trad., arr. Rod Bernard, Clifton Chenier / Flat Town Music, BMI) - 2:55
17. Herbie Stutes: I Love My Saturday Night (Herbie Stutes, James Edwards / Flat Town Music, BMI) - 2:28
18. Johnnie Allan: Lil' Fat Man (Leroy LeBlanc, Oran Guidry / Flat Town Music, BMI) - 2:14
19. Cookie & The Cupcakes: Belinda (Huey Thierry, George Khoury / Flat Town Music, BMI) - 2:30
20. Lil Bob & The Lollipops: Nobody But You (Dee Clark / Sunflower Music) - 2:41
Total playing time: 54:34 min.
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