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"Mardi Gras Mambo" is a Mardi Gras-themed song written by Frankie Adams and Lou Welsch. The song's best known version was recorded in 1954 by the Hawketts , whose membership included Art Neville , a founding member of the Meters and the Neville Brothers .
The Hawketts were an American R&B combo from New Orleans, Louisiana who are best known for their 1954 recording of "Mardi Gras Mambo", a song that has become an iconic classic of the New Orleans Carnival celebration.
"Mardi Gras Mambo" by The Hawketts "Mardi Gras Mambo" by The Meters "The Mardi Gras March" by Louis Armstrong "Mardi Gras Parade" by Jerry Colonna "Mardi Gras Parade" by New Orleans Creole Jazz Band featuring Thomas Jefferson (musician) "Mardi Gras Party" by Carl Marshall "Mardi Gras Rag" by Wilbur De Paris "Mardi Gras Rock" by Bobby Freeman
The sounds of Mardi Gras, from "When the Saints Go Marching In" to Professor Longhair's "Go to the Mardi Gras" and The Meters' "Mardi Gras Mambo," and the wild handkerchief-waving, umbrella ...
Mardi Gras—the French term for 'Fat Tuesday'—lasts from January 6 until February 13. Carnival kicks off after Christmas on January 6 (otherwise known as Twelfth Night) and continues until Fat ...
[3] [4] Produced by Joe Ruffino, the owner of Ric Records, the song eventually joined Professor Longhair’s "Go to the Mardi Gras" and "Big Chief", and The Hawketts "Mardi Gras Mambo" as one of the most played and requested classics of the New Orleans Mardi Gras. Johnson was drafted and subsequently served and stationed at Fort Bliss, Texas. [2]
In 1955 Castellanos signed a three-year deal with leading New York Latin label Mardi Gras Records and had his first big hit "The Speak-Up Mambo". [2] Castellanos' orchestra was based around the La Playa Sextet.
The family-owned business, which designs and builds floats for Mardi Gras and other festivals far beyond New Orleans, celebrates its historic ties to the city with Mardi Gras World. After repeated ...