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| artist: | PETE HANLEY (Orchestra and Chorus under the direction of the Leyden Brothers) |
| label: | OKEH 4-6956 |
| release: | February 1953, USA, 7" 45rpm |
| A-side: | Big Mamou (L. Davis) |
| B-side: | Should You Change Your Mind (...) |
| comment #1: | Here's a great example of the conversion of a great piece of ethnic music into white bread, ready-for-the-masses pop. The original song was written by Link Davis (yeah, the same rockabilly singer on Starday!), back in the early '50s. It was such an ethnic favorite that it was immediately covered by Pete Hanley on Okeh, and by Rusty Draper on Mercury. Over the years this bit of Cajun pop has also been recorded by Clarence 'Gatemouth' Brown, Fiddlin' Frenchie Burke, Clifton Chenier, Commander Cody & The Lost Planet Airmen, Barrence Whitfield, Waylon Jennings, Smiley Lewis, Jimmy 'C' Newman and Hank Williams, Jr. This original 1953 45rpm is flipped with "Should You Change Your Mind." |
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