vrijdag 31 januari 2014

That Lonesome Valley (1925) / Lonesome Valley (1926) / You Got To Walk That Lonesome Valey (1927) / Jesus Walked That Lonesome Valley (1956) / Reverend Mr. Black (1963)


Lonesome Valley, a spiritual from both white and black sources, was recorded by the Carter Family in 1930.  A.P. Carter probably learned the song from Leslie Riddle , but popular versions by both Vernon Dalhart and Andy Jenkins had been circulating. 
The earliest recording of "That Lonesome Valley" was done in 1925 by the Jenkins Family (although there seems to be an unreleased 1924 recording by David Miller --> see further on in this post).
The song has been recorded by many predominently country artists with varying lyrics and under numerous titles, including "Lonesome Valley","I've Got To Walk The Lonesome Valley", "That Lonesome Valley", "Walk That Lonesome Valley", "Jesus Walked The Lonesome Valley", "You Got To Walk That Lonesome Valley", "Everybody Got To Walk This Lonesome Valley" and "John The Baptist".
The song was contained in John Wesley Work's "Folk Song Of The American Negro" (1907).

Here a scan from the 1915 edition




First recording I could find;

(o) Jenkins Family (1925) (as "That Lonesome Valley")
Andrew Jenkins [vcl/gt], Irene Spain [vcl/organ/piano], Mary Lee Spain [vcl]
Recorded April 1925 in Atlanta, GA
Released on Okeh 40377



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Jenkins

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(c) Al Craver (=Vernon Dalhart) (1926) (as "John The Baptist")
Vernon Dalhart, v; acc. poss. John Cali, lute.
Recorded June 25, 1926 in New York
Released on Columbia 15086-D


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(c) Pace Jubilee Singers (1926) (as "Everybody Got To Walk This Lonesome Valley")
Recorded September 13, 1926 in the Webster Hotel in Chicago, IL.
Released on Victor 20310





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(c) Lester McFarland and Robert A. Gardner (1926) (as "The Lonesome Valley")
Recorded October 16, 1926 in New York
Released on Vocalion 5127
 




(c) Elzie Floyd and Leo Boswell 1927 (as "Lonesome Valley")
Recorded March 26, 1927 in Atlanta, GA
Released on Columbia 15167-D




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On December 16, 1924 David Miller probably recorded the first version of "Lonesome Valley" in Cincinnati, Ohio. 
This Gennett matix # 12104 stayed unissued. More than 2 years later, Miller made a new recording, which was released on ao the Gennett-label

(c) David Miller 1927 (as "The Lonesome Valley")
Recorded May 1927 in Richmond, IN.
Released on Gennett 6175, Champion 15317, Challenge 327, Herwin 75557
Challenge 327 as by Dan Kutter and Herwin 75557 as by Oran Campbell.



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(c) Rev F.W. McGee (1927) (as "You Got To Walk That Lonesome Valley")
Recorded June 7, 1927 in Chicago, Il
Released on Victor 20858



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(c) Carter Family (1930)  (as "Lonesome Valley")
Sara Carter [vcl/autoharp], A.P. Carter [vcl], Maybelle Carter [vcl/gt]
Recorded November 24, 1930 Memphis, TN
Released on Victor 23541, Bluebird B-6117 and Montgomery Ward M-4735


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(c) "Slim" Duckett and "Pig" Norwood (1930) (as "You Gotta Stand Judgment For Yourself")
Recorded December 16, 1930 in Jackson, MS
Released on Okeh 8871
 


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(c) Jim Baird (=Bill Elliott) (1932)  (as "Lonesome Valley")
Bill Elliott, v; acc. Bob Mitchell, o.
Recorded February 5, 1932 in Camden, NJ
Released on Victor 23658 and on Montgomery Ward  M-4337
 





(c) Carolina Ramblers String Band (1932) (as "That Lonesome Valley")
Steve Ledford, f/v; poss. Taft Ledford, f or g; unknown, h; Daniel Nicholson, bj/v; 
Audie Rodgers, g/v; George Ledford, v.
Recorded February 17, 1932 in New York 
Released on  Banner 32474, Melotone M12428, Oriole 8148, Perfect 12818 and Romeo 5148




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(c) Monroe Brothers (1936) (as "You've Got To Walk That Lonesome Valley")
Bill Monroe, Charlie Monroe, v duet; acc. Bill Monroe, md; Charlie Monroe, g.
Recorded February 17, 1936 in Charlotte, NC
Released on Bluebird B-6477 and Montgomery Ward M-5026



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(c) J.E. Mainer's Mountaineers (1936) (as "Walk That Lonesome Valley")
J.E. Mainer, f/v; Junior Misenheimer, bj; Harold Christy, g; Beacham Blackweller, g; 
Wade Mainer, v; Zeke Morris, v.
Recorded June 15, 1936 in Charlotte, NC
Released on Bluebird B-6596 and Montgomery Ward M-7007
 



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(c) Dixie Reelers (1936) (as "Lonesome Valley – Part 2")
Ollie Bunn, v; Daddy John Love, v/g; Clarence Todd, v/g.
Recorded June 20, 1936 in Charlotte, NC
Released on Bluebird B-6713 and Montgomery Ward  M-7099




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(c) Heavenly Gospel Singers (1937) (as "Walk This Lonesome Valley")
Recorded on February 16, 1937 in Charlotte, NC
Released on Bluebird B-6984



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(c) Roy Acuff and His Smoky Mountain Boys (1937) (as "Lonesome Valley")
Roy Acuff, f/v/bj ; Clell Summey, sg/v; Jess Easterday, g; Red Jones, sb/v.
Recorded March 22, 1937 in Birmingham, AL
Released on Vocalion/Okeh 04730 and on Conqueror 9256



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(c) Woody Guthrie (1940) (as "Lonesome Valley")
Library Of Congress, Washington, DC sessions with Alan Lomax
Recorded March 21, 1940
Matrix 3416-B2
Released on the Elektra-box set Library of Congress Recordings.



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(c) Elvis Presley & the Million Dollar Quartet (1956) (as "Jesus Walked That Lonesome Valley")
Elvis Presley [gt/piano], Jerry Lee Lewis [vcl/piano], Carl Perkins [vcl/gt], Jay Perkins [gt], 
Charlie Underwood [gt], Clayton Perkins [bass], W.S. Holland [drums]
Recorded December 4, 1956 during an informal session in the Sun Studio in Memphis, TN 


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(c) Kitty Wells (1959) (as "Lonesome Valley")
Recorded October 30, 1958 in Nashville, TN
Released on Dust On The Bible.


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(c) Little Richard (1959) (as "Jesus Walked This Lonesome Valley")


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Billy Ed Wheeler, (with Jed Peters (=Mike Stoller and Jerry Leiber) used “Lonesome Valley” as the core of a song he called “Reverend Mr Black,” which was released by the Kingston Trio in 1963 becoming a top ten hit on the Billboard that year. 
“Reverend Mr. Black” was also recorded by Bobby Darin (1963), Faron Young (1963), and Johnny Cash (1981). Others who have recorded this song are Tex Ritter, Lonnie Donegan, John Stewart, Tim Grimm, and Sherwin & Pam Linton.


(c) Billy Ed Wheeler 1963 (as "Reverend Mr. Black")
Recorded October 8, 1963 Nashville, TN
Released on the album New Bag of Songs (Kapp KS-3351)


Billy Edd Wheeler's author's version was recorded and released after the hit-version by the Kingston Trio (who had used Billy Edd Wheeler's DEMO as a guide)


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(c) Kingston Trio (1963) (as "Reverend Mr. Black")
John Stewart [vcl/gt/banjo], Nick Reynolds [vcl/gt], Bob Shane [vcl/gt] + Glen Campbell [banjo], Dean Reilly [bass]. Producer: Voyle Gilmore)
Recorded January 23, 1963 Capitol Recording Studio in Hollywood, CA
Released on Capitol 4951

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(c) Johnny Cash & The Carter Family (1963)  (as "Lonesome Valley")
Carter Family & Johnny Cash (Maybelle Carter [vcl], Helen Carter [vcl], Anita Carter [vcl], June Carter [vcl], Junior Huskey [bass], Bob Johnson. Producer: Don Law & Frank Jones) [overub session on September 4, 1963, Nashville, TN: Johnny Cash [vcl])
Recorded July 8, 1963 in the Columbia Recording Studio in Nashville, TN
Released in 1964 on the album Keep on the Sunny Side.


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(c) Mississippi John Hurt (1965) (as "Lonesome Valley")

Mississippi John Hurt singing, "Lonesome Valley" on Pete Seeger's TV program, Rainbow Quest.




(c) Vince Martin and Fred Neil (1964) (as "Lonesome Valley")
Released on the album Tear Down The Walls.


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(c) Kevin Coyne (1973) (as "Lonesome Valley")
Released on the abum Marjorie Razorblade.


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(c) Bruce Springsteen (1993) (as "Lonesome Valley") 
24-06-1993 East Rutherford, New Jersey
26-06-1993 New York City


Listen here to the live version from New York City 26/2/93


This version was released on Satan's Jewel Crown album





(c) Eric Bibb (1994) (as "Lonesome Valley")
On the album Spirits & The Blues.

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(c) Fairfield Four (2000) (as "Lonesome Valley")
Performed in the movie O Brother Where Art Thou?

Baritone Vocals – James Hill (2) Bass Vocals [First Lead And Bass] – Isaac Freeman Lead Vocals [Second Lead] – Nathan Best Lead Vocals [Utility Lead] – Joseph Rice, Robert Hamlett  
Tenor Vocals – Wilson Waters                                                                      


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In 1975 Pete Seeger mixed up the lyrics of "Lonesome Valley" with a few lines from "Rough And Rocky". 

(c) Pete Seeger and Arlo Guthrie (1975) (as "Lonesome Valley")
Recorded live in the Music Hall, in Boston


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Seeger already sang that mixed-up version with Joan Baez around 1962:
This version was released on the album Very Early Joan.

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But already in 1944 Woody Guthrie had recorded a version of "Lonesome Valley" which included the "Rough And Rocky" verse. (So that's even before T. Texas Tyler recorded "Rough And Rocky" in 1945 !!!


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More versions here:







And the melody also resembles the next songcluster: 

 "Little Bunch of Roses" (1928)
 "Who's Gonna Kiss Your Lips, Dear Darling" (1929)
 "Last Gold Dollar" (1929)
 "Can't You Hear That Night Bird Crying" (1936)
 "(Don't This Road Look) Rough And Rocky" (1945)




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donderdag 16 januari 2014

Ils La Volet Mon Trancas (1934) / Hackberry Hop (1935) / Route 90 (1953) / Hippy Ti Yo (1954) / Sweet Little Sixteen (1958) / Surfin USA (1963)



"Sweet Little Sixteen" is a rock and roll song written and originally performed by Chuck Berry, who released it as a single in January 1958. It reached number two on the American charts, Berry's second-highest position ever on that chart

The Beach Boys' 1963 song "Surfin' U.S.A." has the same melody, with new lyrics that focus on the Beach Boys' ongoing theme of surfing. Following litigation by Berry the song is credited to Berry/Wilson

But Chuck Berry himself may have borrowed the chord progression from Clarence Garlow's 1953 song "Route 90".

More versions of "Route 90" / "Sweet Little Sixteen" / "Surfin' U.S.A." on the next 2 links



Clarence Garlow on his turn might have borrowed the chord progression from Leo Soileau's 1935 song "Hackberry Hop". Hackberry is even a place on the old Route 90 !!
 
"Hackberry Hop" is also known as "Hippy Ti Yo", "Hip Et Taiau", "Les Huppes Taiauts", "T'as Vole Mon Chapeau", "Ils La Volet Mon Trancas".




The song is an old tune about a mysterious creature, women or a couple of dogs ('hip et taiaud' or 'les huppes taiauts') who prowl about stealing things off the farm, engendering the ire of the farmer which makes them return the items.

Read all about " Hippy Ti Yo" here:


NOT TO BE CONFUSED with "Whoopee Ti Yi Yo (Git Along Little Doggies)". But it is thought that such phrases as “Whoopie Ti Yi Yo!” found in the Western classic “Git Along Little Dogies (doggies?)” is derived from the exclamation “Hip et Taïaut” and its variations that were heard in the Cajun prairies.


Listen here to a medley of the 4 songs (in blue) mentioned above:




But the history of the song goes back even further !!!!

On October 9, 1934, one year before Leo Soileau's recording, a version of the song (as "T'as vole mon chapeau") was recorded by Breaux Freres.

And already on August 8, 1934, Joseph Falcon recorded a version of the song (as "Ils La Volet Mon Trancas").


In 1962 Joseph Falcon admitted he had picked up the song from 2 light-skinned black Creoles, more specifically 2 of Oscar Babineaux's sons, one being Sidney Babineaux, the accordion player.


Coincidence or not, in 1962 Sidney Babineaux recorded a version of "Zydeco Sont Pas Sale",
a song very reminiscent of "Ils La Volet Mon Trancas" (or "Hackberry Hop" or "Hip et Taiau")

Listen after 1 min and 41 seconds in the next clip:



Contained on the next CD:






Here are the recordings, beginning with the oldest version I could find:

(o) Joseph Falcon (1934) (as "Ils La Volet Mon Trancas")  (=They stole my sled)
Cleoma Breaux Falcon Vocals, Guitar - Joe Falcon Accordion.
Recorded August 8, 1934 San Antonio Texas.
Released on Bluebird Records B-2191.



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(c) Breaux Freres (1934)  (as "T'as vole mon chapeau") (=You have stolen my hat)
Recorded October 9, 1934 San Antonio, TX –
Breaux Freres (Ophy Breaux [fiddle]; Amadie Breaux [accordion/vcl-1]; Clifford Breaux [gt])
Released on Vocalion 02961
 


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(c) Leo Soileau & His Three Aces (1935) (as "Hackberry Hop")
Fiddle, Vocals – Leo Soileau
Guitar – Bill (Dewey) Landry, Floyd Shreve
Drums – Tony Gonzales
Recorded January 18, 1935, New Orleans, Louisiana.
Original issue: Bluebird B-2086.


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(c) Clarence Garlow (1953)  (as "Route 90")
Released in November 1953 on the Flair-label (#1052)




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(c) Chuck Berry (1958)  (as "Sweet Little Sixteen")
Recorded December 29–30, 1957 in Chicago, Illinois
Released in January 1958 on Chess 1683



Here's Chuck at the second ever Dick Clark Show on February 22, 1958




(c) Beach Boys (1963)  (as "Surfin' U.S.A.")
Recorded January 5, 1963
Released March 4, 1963 on Capitol 4932



Here are the Beach Boys live in 1964




(c) Harry Choates & His Melody Boys (1947)  (as "Hackberry Hop")
Harry Choates & His Melody Boys (Esmond Pursley [gt], Joseph Manuel [vcl/banjo],
Pee Wee Lyons [steel], B.D. Williams [bass], Curzy Roy [drums], Johnnie Manuel [vcl/piano]
Recorded February 11, 1947 Lake Charles, LA -
Released on  Cajun Classics 1007

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(c) Luderin Darbone And His Hackberry Ramblers (1947) (as "Hippitiyo")
Lennis Sonnier [vcl/gt], Chink Widcamp [bass], Luderin Darbone [fiddle]
Recorded February 1947 New Orleans, LA –
Released on DeLuxe 5035



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(c) Abe Manuel and the Louisiana Hillbillies (1954)  (as "Hippy-Ti-Yo")
Released on J.D. Miller's Feature-label (#1098)







(c) Bobby Page And The Riff Raffs (1958)  (as "Hippy Ti Yo")


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(c) Link Davis (1961)  (as "Come Dance With Me")



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(c) Doug Kershaw (1973)  (as "Hippy Ti Yo")



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(c) Jimmy Newman (1973)  (as "Hippy Ti Yo")


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As I said above, the 1934 Joseph Falcon recording "Ils La Volet Mon Trancas" could have been influenced by a Sidney Babineaux song "Zydeco Sont Pas Salés".
"Zydeco Sont Pas Salés" is probably a corruption of the term "Les Haricots Sont Pas Salés"

The term zydeco, much like the music it describes, is rooted in rural Creole traditions. In Creole folk etymology, zydeco is said to be cognate with the French "les haricots", or “beans”.
In other words, zydeco and its many variants (for example, zodico, zotico, zadeco, zordico, zarico—there is no standard spelling, although zydeco is today the most common) are simply phonetic representations of “les haricots,” or more specifically, of the liaison between the plural article's final consonant and the noun (“'s'haricots”), with the tongue-flapped French r assuming the character of an English d. The term's musical associations are customarily traced to a floating lyric—“les haricots sont pas salés”—literally, “the snap beans aren't salted,” a metaphor for hard times. As one of Nick Spitzer's informants explained, “In the old days somebody would meet you and he'd say, 'Tu vas faire z'haricots? and that would mean are you gonna get your beans in this year or really 'How are you doin'?' So you might say back to him, 'Ouais, Je vas faire z'haricots, mais z'haricots sont pas salé.' That would mean that you were gonna have beans, but no meat. You'd have no meat not even salt-meat, to flavor the beans. You was barely gettin' by.   (quoted from David Evans)


Jimmy Peters with "J'ai Fait Tout Le Tour Du Pays" was probably the first one to sing about the "beans that weren't salted", recorded in June 1934 by Alan Lomax in the village of Lake Arthur.

   
In this traditional love lyric performed as a juré, the group's leader, Jimmy Peters, enumerates various misfortunes—in one verse, for instance, he laments "Toi, comment tu veux je te vas voir, / Mais quand mon chapeau rouge est fini? / Toi, comment tu veux je te vas voir, / Mais quand mon suit est tout déchiré? ("You how can you want me to see you /When my red hat is worn? / You, how can you want me to see you /When my suit is all torn?”)—underscored by the refrain “O mam, mais donnez-moi les haricots.  Mais o cherie, les haricots sont pas salés” (“Oh momma, give me some beans. / But oh dear, the beans aren't salted”).

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It was on May 11, 1965, almost thirty-one years after Jimmy Peters sang about the snap beans, that Clifton and Cleveland Chenier entered the Gold Star studio in Houston.
Then the pair, backed by drummer Madison Guidry, launched into what would become Chenier's signature piece, "Zydeco Sont Pas Salé".
On it, Chenier strips down his piano accordion and treats it like an old single-key button model, repeating notes of the same chord. Over this mighty rhythm he sings some lines about two mischievous dogs named "Hip and Taïaut" that date back to a 1934 Cajun record by Joseph and Cleoma Falcon, "Ils la volet mon trancas" ("They Stole My Sled"); Joe Falcon once explained that he heard the tune from a Creole accordionist named Babineaux. Chenier couples the old song with the lines about the snap beans:


O Mama! Quoi elle va faire avec le nègre?
Zydeco est pas salé, zydeco est pas salé.
T'as volé mon traineau, t'as volé mon traîneau.
Regarde Hip et Taïaut, regarde Hip et Taïaut.

Oh Mama! What's she going to do with the man?
The snap beans aren't salty, the snap beans aren't salty.
You stole my sled, you stole my sled.
Look at Hip and Taïaut, look at Hip and Taïaut.

In Chenier's "Zydeco Et Pas Salé" — today considered the anthem of zydeco — the lines about the snap beans are reunited with the same beat heard on the Lomax recordings. The result still sounds more like a juré performance than anything ever recorded on the accordion, before or since.

 "But Clifton's daddy was an accordion player, and he said that his daddy played one of them juré songs, and they called that `Zydeco est pas salé.' Which means the snap beans don't have no salt in them. So Clifton says, `That "Zydeco est pas salé" song is good, but the way Daddy played that, that's the wrong speed.' He says, `I'm going to take that same song, and I'm going to put a different (slower) speed on it and them people are going to be able to dance that.' And he did, too. And when he started, everybody wanted to play the accordion, everybody wanted to play what Clifton played.". (quoted from: Michael Tisserand)


(c) Clifton Chenier (1965)  (as "Zydeco Et Pas Sale")
Recorded at Gold Star Studios, Houston, Texas, on May 11, 1965
Released on Arhoolie Recrds.



Listen here to Clifton's "Zydeco Et Pas Salé"




The album below contains 3 versions of "Zydeco Sont Pas Salés": Jimmy Peters (1934), Sidney Babineaux (1962) and Clifton Chenier (1965)





(c) Zachary Richard (1980)  (as "Les Haricots Sont Pas Sales")

Live in Montreal.


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zaterdag 11 januari 2014

Basile (Waltz) (1928) / Gran Mamou (1935) / Big Mamou (1952)


Most of the versions of "Big Mamou" are credited to Link Davis, though he only wrote the English words for it and copyrighted the song in 1952.
His version was the first ever release (#18001) at the start of the country-branch of the OKEH-label, a subsidiary of the Columbia-label.
Link Davis probably learned it from Harry Choates, with whom he had worked in 1950.
Harry Choates recorded a version of "Big Mamou" in 1951 for the Humming Bird label.
But Choates had already recorded a version of the song in 1950 with a different title "Gra Mamou" (on the Macy's Recordings label).
And already in 1946 Harry Choates had recorded a version for the Gold Star-label, with the ORIGINAL title "Basile Waltz"

Leo Soileau already recorded a version of the song as "Le Gran Mamou" in 1935 on the Victor label.
But Leo Soileau on his turn had already recorded a version of the song in 1928 with yet another title ("Basile").

In between the 2 versions of Leo Soileau, in 1934, Joe Falcon and Cleoma Breaux Falcon had also recorded a version of the song (yet with another title and text). "Ma Valse Prefere". On the Decca-label.

"Mamou" and "Basile" are two towns in the Evangeline parish (a parish located in the U.S. state of Louisiana.)




Here are the recordings beginning with the oldest version I found:

(o) Leo Soileau and Mayuse Lafleur (1928)  (as "Basile - Waltz")
Leo Soileau, f; Mayuse Lafleur, ac/v.
Recorded in Atlanta, GA on Friday, October 19, 1928
Released on Victor 21769


http://victor.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/800021130/BVE-47201-Basile

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Less than two weeks after the recording session,  Mayuse Lafleur was shot to death during a quarrel involving moonshine at a local dance after jumping to the aid of a friend, Alexander Bellon, who was shot first. He was only 22 at the time of his death.



(c) Cleoma Falcon (1934) (as "Ma Valse Preferee")
Joseph Falcon [accordion] & Cleoma Breaux Falcon [vcl/gt]
Recorded December 22, 1934 New Orleans, LA –
Matrix 39190-
Released on Decca  17005


Joseph Falcon / Cleoma Falcon - Vous Etes Gentille / Ma Valse Preferee (Shellac) | Discogs

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(c) Leo Soileau and His Three Aces (1935)  (as "Le Gran Mamou")
Fiddle, Vocals – Leo Soileau
Guitar – Bill (Dewey) Landry, Floyd Shreve
Drums – Tony Gonzales
Recorded January 18, 1935, New Orleans, Louisiana.
Original issue: Bluebird B-2194


Leo Soileau and His Three Aces (ca 1935)

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Some 4 months later Leo Soileau recorded another version of the tune for the Decca-label

(c) Leo Soileau's Four Aces (1935)  (as "La Bonne Valse")
Fiddle, Vocals – Leo Soileau
Guitar – Bill (Dewey) Landry, Floyd Shreve
Recorded Mayy 3, 1935, Chicago
Released on Decca 17008



And again in 1937

(c) Leo Soileau's Rhythm Boys (1937)  (as : La Bonne Valse")

Leo Soileau's Rhythm Boys - Ma Jolie Petite Fille / La Bonne Valse (Shellac) at Discogs

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(c) Harry Choates and His Fiddle (1946)  (as "Basile Waltz")
Recorded ca. June 1946 Quinn Recording Co., 3104 Telephone Road, Houston, TX
Harry Choates (Esmond Pursley [gt], Abe Manuel [gt], Joe Manuel [vcl/banjo], B.D.Williams [bass])
Released on Gold Star 1313-A
Also on  Modern 20-511, DeLuxe 6000, Starday 284 and D 1132


http://www.rocky-52.net/chanteursc/choates_h.htm

http://www.45worlds.com/78rpm/record/13131314

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(c) Harry (Jole Blon) Choates and his Fiddle (1950)  (as "Gra Mamou")
Harry Choates:Vocals & Fiddlle
Either Joe Manuel or Eddie Pursley:Guitar
Ronald "Pee Wee" Lyons:Steel Guitar
Johnnie Ruth Manuel:Piano
B.D. Williams:Bass
Amox Comeaux:Drums
Recorded at ACA Studios 612 Westheimer, Houston, TX. c. March, 1950
Released on Macy's Recordings #124-A


78 RPM - Harry (Jole Blon) Choates - Gra Mamou (Big Mamou) / Catn' Around - Macy's - USA - 124

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(c) Harry Choates and his Fiddle 1951  (as "Big Mamou (Original) (Grosse Mama)"
Released on Humming Bird 1012


http://www.45cat.com/record/nc961204us

http://hillbilly-researcher.blogspot.nl/search?q=humming+bird

http://www.78discography.com/HummingBird1000.htm

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(c) Link Davis with Benny Leader’s Bayou-Billies  (as "Big Mamou")
Link Davis, Vcl/fiddle with Frank Juricek, steel gtr; Bill Buckner, gtr; Clyde Brewer, piano; Benny Leader, bass; others unidentified.
Recorded at ACA Studio, Houston, December 2, 1952
Released on OKEH 18001 (first ever release on the start of the country-branch of the Okeh-label, which was a subsidiary of the Columbia-label)


Listen here:   davis_link/davis_link_bigmamou.mp3



(c) Smiley Lewis (1953)  (as "Big Mamou")
In the spring of 1953 Smiley Lewis made his own variation of "Big Mamou", still crediting Link Davis.

http://www.45worlds.com/78rpm/record/5234

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In 1953 Eddie Shuler made a cover-version (crediting "Shuler" !?)


http://www.45worlds.com/78rpm/record/tnt103

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(c) Pete Hanley (1953)  (as "Big Mamou")  (#19 Hit USA)

http://www.45cat.com/record/46956

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(c) Rusty Draper (1953) (as "Big Mamou")
Recorded March 1953 Universal Recording Corp., 111 East Ontario Ave., Chicago, IL

http://www.45cat.com/record/70137x45

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(c) Ella Mae Morse (1953)   (as "Big Mamou")

45cat - Ella Mae Morse - Big Mamou / Is It Any Wonder - Capitol - USA - F2441

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(c) Dolores Gray (1953)  (as "Big Mamou")

45cat - Dolores Gray - Big Mamou / Say You're Mine Again - Decca - USA - 9-28676

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(c) Jimmy Newman (1961)  (as "Big Mamou")

Recorded April 12, 1961 Bradley Film and Recording Studio, 804 16th Ave. South, Nashville, TN – Jimmy Newman (unknown musicians. Producer: Owen Bradley)
Released on Decca 31281(45) and DL-74221 (LP)

45cat - Jimmy Newman - Big Mamou / Finally - Decca - USA - 31281



(c) Everly Brothers 1961 (as "Gran Mamou")
Released in 1977 on "The New Album"

Everly Brothers - The New Album (Vinyl, LP, Album) | Discogs

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(c) Waylon Jennings 1964  (as "Big Mamou")

http://www.secondhandsongs.com/release/42674

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(c) Rod Bernard (1969)  (as "Big Mamou")
Released on the JIN-label (#45-250)

http://www.45cat.com/record/45240us

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(c) Clifton Chenier (1970)  (as "Big Mamou")
Recorded at Gold Star Studios--Houston, Texas on November 6, 1969.

http://www.discogs.com/Clifton-Chenier-King-Of-The-Bayous/release/1459772

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(c) Fiddlin' Frenchie Burke And The Outlaws (1974)  (as "Big Mamou")
Released on Music Creek MC-560 and after regional succes distibuted nationally by 20 Century.
It was a #39 C&W hit for Frenchie at the end of 1974.


45cat - Fiddlin' Frenchie Burke And The Outlaws - Big Mamou / There'll Be Love Tonight In My House - Music Creek - USA - MC-560

45cat - Fiddlin' Frenchie Bourque And The Outlaws - Big Mamou / There'll Be Love Tonight In My House - 20th Century - USA - TC-2152

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(c) Commander Cody (1976)  (as "Big Mammau")
Recorded live in England in January 1976.

http://www.discogs.com/Commander-Cody-And-His-Lost-Planet-Airmen-Weve-Got-A-Live-One-Here/release/1468889

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(c) Queen Ida & the Bon Temps Zydeco Band (live 1978)  (as "Grand Mamou")





(c) Amos Garrett / Doug Sahm / Gene Taylor (1988)  (feat. Queen Ida)  (as "Big Mamou")
Released on the album: "The Return of the Formerly Brothers"

http://www.discogs.com/viewimages?release=3839854

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(c) Hank Williams Jr (1989) (feat. Jimmy Newman)  (as "Big Mamou")

Released on the album "Lone Wolf"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lone_Wolf_(Hank_Williams,_Jr._album)

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