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...

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...

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...

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...

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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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...

American record producer and songwriter from Louisiana, whose Cajun, swamp blues, and swamp pop recordings influenced American popular culture. Miller was born...

Swamp blues is a type of Louisiana blues that developed in the Black communities of Southwest Louisiana in the 1950s. It incorporates influences from...

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",...

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...

"renaissance" also incorporates more modern elements of folk, blues, jazz and swamp pop, and bluegrass styles. The fiddle players relax, involving a more legato...

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...

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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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...

April 6, 2003. Retrieved September 3, 2012. Bernard, Shane K. (1996). Swamp Pop: Cajun and Creole Rhythm and Blues. Jackson: University Press of Mississippi...

singles of 1984 (U.S.) List of RPM number-one singles of 1984 "What Is Swamp Pop Music?". ThoughtCo. Retrieved October 28, 2018. Hamilton, Andrew. "Phil...

Gourrier (May 8, 1941 – April 15, 2005) was an American blue-eyed soul, swamp pop, rock and roll, and R&B performer from Baton Rouge, Louisiana, best known...

South to Louisiana: Music of the Cajun Bayous (1983) Shane K. Bernard, Swamp Pop: Cajun and Creole Rhythm and Blues (1996) Alan B. Govenar, Texas Blues:...

Swamp Thing is a superhero and antihero appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. Created by writer Len Wein and artist Bernie Wrightson...

Tommy McLain (born March 15, 1940) is an American swamp pop musician, best known as a singer but who also plays keyboards, drums, bass guitar, and fiddle...

century. It is a mix of blues, blues rock, country, rock and roll and swamp pop sounds of the late 1950s and early 1960s. Artists considered to have pioneered...

unique synthesis of punchy rock & roll, swamp pop, blues, and country." CCR has been cited as pioneers of swamp rock and country rock. The band also played...

(born September 2, 1938) is an American singer who became known as the "swamp pop R&B teenage idol". His band recorded a hit song "Just a Dream" which Clanton...

Charles helped to pioneer the south Louisiana musical genre known as swamp pop. His compositions include the hits "See You Later, Alligator", which he...

Boys. They are unique in that they play all styles of Cajun, zydeco, Swamp Pop, and Americana equally well. There is no leader and everyone sings and...

This contemporary form combines rhythm and blues with various elements of pop, soul, funk, disco, hip hop, and electronic music. Although Jerry Wexler...