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LeRoux (also known as Louisiana's LeRoux) is a band founded in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, which saw its heyday from 1978 to 1984.Their best-known songs were "Take a Ride On a Riverboat" with its 4-part a capella intro, the regional smash "New Orleans Ladies", "Nobody Said It Was Easy (Lookin' for the Lights)" (their highest-charting single), "Addicted" and "Carrie's Gone".
"New Orleans Jeunesse Dorèe" from Naughty Marietta "New Orleans Joys" by Lu Watters and the Yerba Buena Jazz Band "New Orleans Ladies" by Le Roux "New Orleans Lady" by James Rivers "New Orleans, Louisiana" by Dr. John and Chris Barber "New Orleans Low Down" by Duke Ellington "New Orleans Mambo" by James Rivers Quartet
"Iko Iko" (/ ˈ aɪ k oʊ ˈ aɪ k oʊ /) is a much-covered New Orleans song that tells of a parade collision between two tribes of Mardi Gras Indians and the traditional confrontation. The song, under the original title "Jock-A-Mo", was written and released in 1953 as a single by James "Sugar Boy" Crawford and his Cane Cutters but it failed to ...
Kyle DeCoste, Street Queens: The Original Pinettes and Black Feminism in New Orleans Brass Bands (2015. Online) Matt Sakakeeny, Roll With It: Brass Bands in the Streets of New Orleans (Duke University Press, 2013) John Swenson, The Original Pinettes Brass Band: Brass-Pop (2012. Online) Sherrie Tucker, A Feminist Perspective on New Orleans Jazz ...
"The Witch Queen of New Orleans" is about a 19th-century practitioner of voodoo from New Orleans named Marie Laveau, [5] [6] referred to in the song lyrics as "Marie la Voodoo veau". [7] The song was written by the two Native American brothers of the group Redbone, Lolly Vegas and Pat Vegas. It shows influences from New Orleans R&B and swamp ...
The song was written by Bob Crewe and Kenny Nolan after Crewe visited New Orleans. A demo of the song was first recorded by The Eleventh Hour, a disco group made up of studio musicians fronted by Nolan on vocals. [6] It was added in 1974 as a track on the Eleventh Hour's Greatest Hits LP, which did not chart.
Laissez les bons temps rouler! “Let the good times roll!” is the official approach to Mardi Gras in New Orleans. There’s much more to this annual tradition than partying. Read on for our ...
"Formation" is a Houston trap and New Orleans bounce song. [9] [10] The song is written in the key of F minor in common time with a tempo of 123 beats per minute. [11]It has a minimalistic beat containing rubbery synths and a heavy bass line, which transforms into a horn-infused stomp reminiscent of marching bands and military tattoos.