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Clifton Chenier
Clifton Chenier
American accordion player and Zydeco musician
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Floyd Soileau
Floyd Soileau
American record producer
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Warren Storm
Warren Storm
American musician
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Johnnie Allan
Johnnie Allan
American rock musician and pioneer of the swamp pop musical genre
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Lonesome Sundown
Lonesome Sundown
American blues musician
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Freddy Fender
Freddy Fender
American musician
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C. C. Adcock
C. C. Adcock
American electric blues and zydeco musician
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Lawrence Walker
Lawrence Walker
Cajun accordion player.
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Boozoo Chavis
Boozoo Chavis
American musician
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C. J. Chenier
C. J. Chenier
American musician
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Rockin' Sidney
Rockin' Sidney
musician
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Doug Kershaw
Doug Kershaw
American musician
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Barbara Lynn
Barbara Lynn
American rhythm and blues and electric blues guitarist and singer
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Nathan Williams
Nathan Williams
American Zydeco accordionist
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Doc Guidry
Doc Guidry
American fiddle player
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Sonny Landreth
Sonny Landreth
American musician
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BeauSoleil
BeauSoleil
American Cajun band
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Lonnie Brooks
Lonnie Brooks
American blues singer and guitarist
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Nathan Abshire
Nathan Abshire
American Cajun accordion player
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Fernest Arceneaux
Fernest Arceneaux
American Zydeco accordionist and singer
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Bobby Charles
Bobby Charles
American singer-songwriter
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Clarence Garlow
Clarence Garlow
American R&B, jump blues, Texas blues and cajun guitarist, singer and songwriter
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Buckwheat Zydeco
Buckwheat Zydeco
American accordionist
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Belton Richard
Belton Richard
Cajun musician
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Austin Pitre
Austin Pitre
American musician
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John Fred
John Fred
Musician, singer-songwriter
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Leo Soileau
Leo Soileau
American musician
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Fats Domino
Fats Domino
American R&B musician
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Eddy Raven
Eddy Raven
American country music singer and songwriter
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Harrison Fontenot
Harrison Fontenot
American musician
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Buddy Guy
Buddy Guy
American blues guitarist and singer
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King Curtis
King Curtis
American saxophonist (1934-1971)
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Samuel Charters
Samuel Charters
American music historian and musician
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Jo-El Sonnier
Jo-El Sonnier
American singer
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Jimmy C. Newman
Jimmy C. Newman
American singer
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Sherman Robertson
Sherman Robertson
American blues guitarist, songwriter and singer
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Lee Benoit
Lee Benoit
American musician
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Bobby Kimball
Bobby Kimball
American singer
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Johnny Rivers
Johnny Rivers
American musician
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Beau Jocque
Beau Jocque
American musician
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Roy Head
Roy Head
American musician
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The Righteous Brothers
The Righteous Brothers
American singing duo
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Floyd Cramer
Floyd Cramer
American pianist
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Clive Davis
Clive Davis
American record producer and music executive
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Wayne Toups
Wayne Toups
American musician
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Del Shannon
Del Shannon
American musician
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Lloyd Price
Lloyd Price
American singer, songwriter
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Paul "Lil' Buck" Sinegal
Paul "Lil' Buck" Sinegal
American guitarist
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Lazy Lester
Lazy Lester
American blues harmonica player
49
Rod Stewart
Rod Stewart
British singer
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Rod Bernard (August 12, 1940 – July 12, 2020) was an American singer who helped to pioneer the musical genre known as "swamp pop", which combined New Orleans-style rhythm and blues, country and western, and Cajun and black Creole music. He is generally considered one of the foremost musicians of this south Louisiana-east Texas idiom, along with such notables as Bobby Charles, Johnnie Allan, Tommy McLain, and Warren Storm.