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"Release Me" (sometimes rendered as "Release Me (and Let Me Love Again)") is a popular song written by Eddie Miller and Robert Yount in 1949. Four years later it was recorded by Jimmy Heap & the Melody Masters (in 1953), and with even better success by Patti Page (1954), Ray Price (1954), and Kitty Wells (1954).
Zachary Richard mentions Chenier in his song "Clif's Zydeco" (on Richard's 2012 album Le Fou). The Squeezebox Stompers' "Zydeco Train" says, "Clifton Chenier, he's the engineer." The jam band Phish often covers Chenier's song "My Soul" in live performances. [17] Chenier is the subject of Les Blank's 1973 documentary film Hot Pepper.
C. J. Chenier (born Clayton Joseph Thompson, September 28, 1957 in Port Arthur, Texas) is the Creole son of the Grammy Award-winning "King of Zydeco", Louisiana musician, Clifton Chenier. [1] In 1987, Chenier followed in his father's footsteps and led his father's band as an accordion performer and singer of zydeco , a blend of cajun and creole ...
Landreth first played in Clifton Chenier's Red Hot Louisiana Band, as the only white member of the band. [7] In 1981, he released his first record, Blues Attack, which also featured C.J. Chenier on saxophone and Mel Melton on harmonica. [8] In 1982, Landreth and Melton formed the band Bayou Rhythm, and eventually added C.J. Chenier to the lineup.
Hot Rod is an album by the American musician C.J. Chenier, released in 1990. [2] [3] He is credited with the Red Hot Louisiana Band. [4] [5] Although Chenier grew up listening primarily to R&B, he considered Hot Rod to be a traditional zydeco album. [6] Chenier supported the album by playing shows with, among others, Buckwheat Zydeco and ...
Bogalusa Boogie is a studio album by the American zydeco musician Clifton Chenier. [1] [2] It was released in 1975 via Arhoolie Records. [3]The album was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2011. [4]
Edward Monroe Miller (December 10, 1919 – April 11, 1977) was an American country music songwriter, best known for co-writing the song, "Release Me" which has been a hit for numerous artists. Miller also co-founded both the Country and Western Music Academy and the Nashville Songwriters Association International .
Elmore Nixon (November 17, 1933 – June 1975) [1] was an American jump blues pianist and singer. His piano playing accompanied several artists on their recordings, including Peppermint Harris, Clifton Chenier and Lightnin' Hopkins, as well as releasing a number of singles under his own name.