• 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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    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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  • 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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