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Jole Blon or Jolie Blonde is a traditional Cajun waltz, often called "the Cajun national anthem" because of the popularity it has in Cajun culture. The song was popularized on a nationwide scale by a series of renditions and references in late 1940s country songs.
Cajun music is evolved from its roots in the music of the French-speaking Catholics of Canada. In earlier years, the fiddle was the predominant instrument, but gradually the accordion has come to share the limelight. Cajun music gained national attention in 2007, when the Grammy Award for Best Zydeco or Cajun Music Album category was created. [50]
Harry Choates recorded the first national Cajun hit song,"'Jolie Blonde", in 1946. Other groups from the 1930s and 1940s that were able to garner national attention include Leo Soileau and His Four Aces, the Hackberry Ramblers, Happy Fats and the Rhythm Boys, the Alley Boys of Abbeville, the Dixie Ramblers, and J. B. Fuselier and His Merrymakers.
Watch Queen Latifah sing the national anthem prior to the New York Giants-Dallas Cowboys "Sunday Night Football" game to help kick off the 2023 NFL season.
Singer Loomis has issued an apology after her botched performance of the National Anthem during a live C-SPAN broadcast went viral.. On Wednesday, Loomis opened a debate held by the Free & Equal ...
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The term Creole music (French: musique créole) is used to refer to two distinct musical traditions: art songs adapted from 19th-century vernacular music; or the vernacular traditions of Louisiana Creole people which have persisted as 20th- and 21st-century la la and zydeco in addition to influencing Cajun music.
But the game will go on beginning at 4 p.m. ET, and the pregame performance of the National Anthem is certain to hit different in light of the horrible tragedy New Orleans endured this week.