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Clifton Chenier (25 Jun 1925 - 12 Dec 1987)

Male Person - United States

Releases (31)

Official

Album

  1. Louisiana Blues and Zydeco 1965
  2. King of the Bayous 1970
  3. Bogalusa Boogie 1976
  4. Frenchin' the Boogie 1976
  5. Boogie 'N' Zydeco 1977
  6. Zydeco Legend 1989
  7. Bon Ton Roulet! 1990
  8. Out West 1991
  9. Sings The Blues 1992
  10. Zydeco Sont Pas Sale 1997
  11. Squeezebox Boogie 22 Jun 1999
  12. Black Snake Blues

Album - Compilation

  1. Bayou Blues 1971
  2. Classic Clifton 1980
  3. 60 Minutes with the King of Zydeco 1986
  4. Zydeco Dynamite: The Clifton Chenier Anthology 1993
  5. The Blues Collection: Clifton Chenier, Frenchin' the Blues 1995
  6. The Best of Clifton Chenier: The King of Zydeco and Louisiana Blues 2003
  7. Zydeco Blues 08 Jun 2004
  8. Clifton Chenier's Rockin' Accordion: A Selection Of His Earliest Recordings 1954-1960 20 Apr 2015
  9. Clifton Chenier “King of Zydeco”: The Rhythm and Blues Years 1954–1960 2017
  10. Louisiana Blues And Zydeco
  11. Best of Clifton Chenier

Album - Live

  1. Live at St. Mark's 1989
  2. Live at Grant Street 14 Nov 2000
  3. Live Zydeco Masters: We're Gonna Party
  4. Live at Montreux

Album - Compilation / Live

  1. Jazz & Blues Collection 44: Clifton Chenier 1995

Single

  1. Worried Life Blues / Hey Ma Ma 1959

Promotion

Album - Compilation

  1. Le Roi du Zydeco 16 Oct 1992

Relationships (3)

Member Of

  1. Clifton Chenier and his Red Hot Louisiana Band eponymous

Siblings

  1. Cleveland Chenier

Children

  1. C.J. Chenier

Recordings by (382)

  1. Worried Life Blues 2:10 (1959)
  2. Hey Ma Ma 2:00 (1959)
  3. Eh, 'Tite Fille 2:39 (1965)
  4. Banana Man 4:48 (1965)
  5. Hot Rod 2:38 (1965)
  6. It’s Hard 3:21 (1965)
  7. I Can Look Down at Your Woman 3:12 (1965)
  8. I Can’t Stand 2:43 (1965)
  9. Zydeco et Pas Sale 3:16 (1965)
  10. Lafayette Waltz 4:27 (1965)
  11. Louisiana Two Step 3:40 (1965)
  12. Clifton’s Waltz 3:56 (1965)
  13. Louisiana Blues 4:58 (1965)
  14. Tu le ton son ton 3:46 (1970)
  15. Hard to Love Someone 3:25 (1970)
  16. Who Can Your Good Man Be 3:45 (1970)
  17. Zodico Two-Step 3:22 (1970)
  18. Going la maison 3:42 (1970)
  19. I Believe I'll Go Back Home 3:26 (1970)
  20. Release Me 4:00 (1970)
  21. Grand Mamou 3:25 (1970)
  22. Ton na na 3:07 (1970)
  23. I'm Coming Home 3:19 (1970)
  24. Josephine par se ma femme 3:12 (1970)
  25. It's Christmas Time 4:16 (1970)
  26. Eh, petite fille 2:42 (1971)
  27. All Night Long 2:26 (1971)
  28. The Cat's Dreamin' 2:07 (1971)
  29. Boppin’ the Rock 2:16 (1971)
  30. The Things I Did for You 2:44 (1971)
  31. Yesterday 2:49 (1971)
  32. Clifton’s Squeeze‐Box Boogie 1:56 (1971)
  33. I’m on My Way, Part 1 2:18 (1971)
  34. Opelousas Hop 2:26 (1971)
  35. I’m on My Way, Part 2 3:05 (1971)
  36. Think It Over 2:21 (1971)
  37. Zodico Stomp 2:12 (1971)
  38. One Step at a Time 4:26 (1976)
  39. M'appel fou 3:04 (1976)
  40. Quelque chose sur mon idee 4:04 (1976)
  41. Ride 'em Cowboy 2:33 (1976)
  42. Ma Mama Ma Dit 3:32 (1976)
  43. Je me reveiller le matin 3:17 (1976)
  44. Allons a Grand Coteau 3:16 (1976)
  45. Je suis en recolteur 4:56 (1976)
  46. Ti Na Na 3:28 (1976)
  47. Come Go Along With Me 4:57 (1976)
  48. Bogalusa Boogie 3:18 (1976)
  49. Caldonia (What Makes Your Big Head So Hard?) 2:48 (1976)
  50. Laissez les bons temps rouler (Let the Good Times Roll) 3:52 (1976)
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On Recordings (50)

Instruments

  1. I Can Look Down at Your Woman 3:12 Clifton Chenier (1965) accordion
  2. Louisiana Blues 4:58 Clifton Chenier (1965) accordion
  3. Hot Rod 2:38 Clifton Chenier (1965) accordion
  4. Banana Man 4:48 Clifton Chenier (1965) accordion
  5. Lafayette Waltz 4:27 Clifton Chenier (1965) accordion
  6. Louisiana Two Step 3:40 Clifton Chenier (1965) accordion
  7. It’s Hard 3:21 Clifton Chenier (1965) harmonica
  8. Zydeco et Pas Sale 3:16 Clifton Chenier (1965) accordion
  9. I Can’t Stand 2:43 Clifton Chenier (1965) harmonica
  10. Eh, 'Tite Fille 2:39 Clifton Chenier (1965) accordion
  11. Clifton’s Waltz 3:56 Clifton Chenier (1965) accordion
  12. Laissez les bons temps rouler (Let the Good Times Roll) 3:52 Clifton Chenier (1976) accordion
  13. J'veux faire l'amour à toi (I Just Wanna Make Love to You) 2:58 Clifton Chenier (1976) accordion
  14. Ma mama ma dit 3:32 Clifton Chenier (1976) harmonica, accordion
  15. Shake, Rattle and Roll 2:12 Clifton Chenier (1976) accordion
  16. One Step at a Time 4:26 Clifton Chenier (1976) harmonica, accordion
  17. Come Go Along With Me 4:57 Clifton Chenier (1976) harmonica, accordion
  18. M'appel fou 3:04 Clifton Chenier (1976) harmonica, accordion
  19. Choo-Choo Ch'Boogie 2:50 Clifton Chenier (1976) accordion
  20. La Valse de Paris 3:05 Clifton Chenier (1976) accordion
  21. Tu peux cogner mais tu peux pas rentrer (Keep-A-Knockin' but You Can't Come In) 2:37 Clifton Chenier (1976) accordion
  22. Ti Na Na 3:28 Clifton Chenier (1976) harmonica, accordion
  23. Don't You Lie to Me 3:09 Clifton Chenier (1976) accordion
  24. Aye, Aye Mama 2:16 Clifton Chenier (1976) accordion
  25. Je suis en recolteur 4:56 Clifton Chenier (1976) harmonica, accordion
  26. Tous les jours mon cœur est blue (Every Day I Have the Blues) 4:07 Clifton Chenier (1976) accordion
  27. Ride 'em Cowboy 2:33 Clifton Chenier (1976) harmonica, accordion
  28. Le Blues de la vache à lait (Milk Cow Blues) 3:32 Clifton Chenier (1976) accordion
  29. Moi, j'ai une p'tite femme (I Got a Woman, I Got a Sweetie) 2:23 Clifton Chenier (1976) accordion

Vocals

  1. Louisiana Two Step 3:40 Clifton Chenier (1965)
  2. Louisiana Blues 4:58 Clifton Chenier (1965)
  3. Zydeco et Pas Sale 3:16 Clifton Chenier (1965)
  4. I Can Look Down at Your Woman 3:12 Clifton Chenier (1965)
  5. Caldonia (What Makes Your Big Head So Hard?) 2:48 Clifton Chenier (1976)
  6. Tu peux cogner mais tu peux pas rentrer (Keep-A-Knockin' but You Can't Come In) 2:37 Clifton Chenier (1976)
  7. Quelque chose sur mon idee 4:04 Clifton Chenier (1976)
  8. Allons a Grand Coteau 3:16 Clifton Chenier (1976)
  9. La Valse de Paris 3:05 Clifton Chenier (1976)
  10. Ti Na Na 3:28 Clifton Chenier (1976)
  11. Bogalusa Boogie 3:18 Clifton Chenier (1976)
  12. Come Go Along With Me 4:57 Clifton Chenier (1976)
  13. Laissez les bons temps rouler (Let the Good Times Roll) 3:52 Clifton Chenier (1976)
  14. Le Blues de la vache à lait (Milk Cow Blues) 3:32 Clifton Chenier (1976)
  15. Ride 'em Cowboy 2:33 Clifton Chenier (1976)
  16. M'appel fou 3:04 Clifton Chenier (1976)
  17. Shake, Rattle and Roll 2:12 Clifton Chenier (1976)
  18. One Step at a Time 4:26 Clifton Chenier (1976)
  19. Moi, j'ai une p'tite femme (I Got a Woman, I Got a Sweetie) 2:23 Clifton Chenier (1976)
  20. Tous les jours mon cœur est blue (Every Day I Have the Blues) 4:07 Clifton Chenier (1976)
  21. Don't You Lie to Me 3:09 Clifton Chenier (1976)

Credited as (4)

  1. Clifton Chenier
  2. Rod Bernard & Clifton Chenier
  3. R. Bernard & C. Chenier
  4. Clifton Chenier with Cleveland Chenier, Robert St. Julien

Works (29)

Wrote

  1. Zydeco må eg ha me'
  2. Grand Prix
  3. Zydeco est pas sale
  4. Du skulle satt han tå
  5. I Want to Love You All Night Long

Translated

  1. Tous les jours mon cœur est blue
  2. Laissez les bons temps rouler
  3. Tu peux cogner mais tu peux pas rentrer
  4. Le Blues de la vache à lait
  5. Moi, j'ai une p'tite femme
  6. J’veux faire l’amour à toi

Composed

  1. My Soul
  2. Tu le ton son ton
  3. I Want to Love You All Night Long
  4. La Valse de Paris
  5. Ay, ai, ai
  6. Ai-ai-ai (nous ne buvons pas d’eau)
  7. Zydeco Cha Cha
  8. I'm Coming Home
  9. Black Snake Blues
  10. Hot Tamale Baby

Lyrics

  1. I'm Coming Home
  2. La Valse de Paris
  3. My Soul
  4. Goin' Down Slow (In Paris) additional
  5. Black Snake Blues
  6. Ay, ai, ai
  7. I Want to Love You All Night Long
  8. Tu le ton son ton

Events (1)

Tribute Events

  1. The Kings of Zydeco: A Tribute to Clifton Chenier and Buckwheat Zydeco

Links (12)

Other Databases

  1. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n81066478
  2. https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n81066478
  3. http://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w6vq387d
  4. https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb13892436d
  5. https://d-nb.info/gnd/134690788

Songkick

  1. https://www.songkick.com/artists/248845

Discogs

  1. https://www.discogs.com/artist/483697

Allmusic

  1. https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mn0000159337

Imdb

  1. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0968850/

VIAF ID

  1. http://viaf.org/viaf/7573488

Wikidata

  1. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1101377

Stream For Free

  1. https://www.deezer.com/artist/12720