Frenchin' the Boogie

~ Release by Clifton Chenier (see all versions of this release, 2 available)

Annotation

Recorded on February 1976 in Country Grounds, Bogalusa, Louisiana. Previously released as LP "House of the Blues, Vol. 8", Blue Star 80.606, 1976.

Annotation last modified on 2012-06-05 10:55 UTC.

Tracklist

▼ CD 1
# Title Rating Length
1 Caldonia (What Makes Your Big Head So Hard?)
2:49
2 Laissez les bons temps rouler (Let the Good Times Roll)
3:53
3 Tu peux cogner mais tu peux pas rentrer (Keep-A-Knockin' but You Can't Come In)
2:37
4 Le Blues de la vache à lait (Milk Cow Blues)
3:33
5 Moi, j'ai une p'tite femme (I Got a Woman, I Got a Sweetie)
2:24
6 Tous les jours mon cœur est blue (Every Day I Have the Blues)
4:07
7 J'veux faire l'amour à toi (I Just Wanna Make Love to You)
2:59
8 Choo-Choo Ch'Boogie
2:50
9 La Valse de Paris
3:05
10 Shake, Rattle and Roll
2:13
11 Goin' Down Slow (In Paris)
3:46
12 Don't You Lie to Me
3:10
13 Aye, Aye Mama
2:17

Credits

CD 1

washboard:
Cleveland Chenier (1976-02) (tracks 1–10, 12–13)
drums:
Robert Peter St. Julian (1976-02) (tracks 1–10, 12–13)
organ:
Stanley Dural, Jr. (1976-02) (tracks 2–5, 7–13)
organ and piano:
Stanley Dural, Jr. (1976-02) (track 1)
guitar:
Paul Senegal (1976-02) (tracks 1–10, 12–13)
bass:
Joe Brouchet (1976-02) (tracks 1–10, 12–13)
piano:
Stanley Dural, Jr. (1976-02) (track 6)
accordion:
Clifton Chenier (1976-02) (tracks 1–13)
tenor saxophone:
John Hart (US sax player) (1976-02) (tracks 1–10, 12–13)
additional lyricist:
Clifton Chenier (track 11)
arranger:
Sleepy John Estes (track 4)
Louis Jordan (American jazz, blues and rhythm & blues musician and songwriter) (track 3)
composer:
John Henry ‘Perry’ Bradford (track 3)
Willie Dixon (track 7)
Fleecy Moore (track 1)
David Reynoso (track 13)
[traditional] (Special Purpose Artist) (track 4)
Charles Calhoun (track 10)
Peter Chatman (track 6)
Clifton Chenier (track 9)
Bert M. Mays (track 3)
James Burke Oden (track 11)
Hudson Whittaker (track 12)
Sam Theard (1946) (track 2)
Fleecy Moore (1946) (track 2)
lyricist:
John Henry ‘Perry’ Bradford (track 3)
Willie Dixon (track 7)
Fleecy Moore (track 1)
David Reynoso (track 13)
Charles Calhoun (track 10)
Peter Chatman (track 6)
Clifton Chenier (track 9)
Sleepy John Estes (track 4)
Bert M. Mays (track 3)
James Burke Oden (track 11)
Hudson Whittaker (track 12)
Sam Theard (1946) (track 2)
Fleecy Moore (1946) (track 2)
spoken vocals:
Cleveland Chenier (1976-02) (track 11)
Clifton Chenier (1976-02) (track 11)
translator:
Clifton Chenier (tracks 2–7)
vocals:
Clifton Chenier (1976-02) (tracks 1–13)
writer:
Ray Charles (soul musician, singer and songwriter) (track 5)
Denver Darling (track 8)
Milt Gabler (track 8)
Vaughn Horton (track 8)
Renald Richard (track 5)
publisher:
Rytvoc (ASCAP) (track 8)
Warner/Chappell (track 8)
cover recording of:
Caldonia (1976-02) (track 1)
Choo Choo Ch'Boogie (1976-02) (track 8)
Don't You Lie to Me (1976-02) (track 12)
Shake, Rattle and Roll (1976-02) (track 10)
later translated parody versions:
Bomull i øra (track 8)
later versions:
Caldonia (Eddy Mitchell song) (track 1)
Choo Choo Ch'boogie espion bidon (track 8)
Don't You Lie to Me (Fats Domino's version) (track 12)
Don't You Lie to Me (Chuck Berry's version) (track 12)
Un chèque en bois... c'est drôle ! (track 10)
recording of:
Aye, Aye Mama (1976-02) (track 13)
Goin' Down Slow (In Paris) (1976-02) (track 11)
J'veux faire l'amour à toi (1976-02) (track 7)
La Valse de Paris (1976-02) (track 9)
Laissez les bons temps rouler (1976-02) (track 2)
Le Blues de la vache à lait (1976-02) (track 4)
Moi, j'ai une p'tite femme (1976-02) (track 5)
Tous les jours mon cœur est blue (1976-02) (track 6)
Tu peux cogner mais tu peux pas rentrer (1976-02) (track 3)
referred to in medleys:
Jambalaya / Shake, Rattle and Roll / Bop-A-Lena (track 10)
Swing the Mood (track 10)
translated version of:
Everyday I Have the Blues (track 6)
I Got a Woman (track 5)
I Just Wanna Make Love to You (track 7)
Keep A-Knockin' (But You Can't Come In) (Louis Jordan's version) (track 3)
Let the Good Times Roll (track 2)
Milk Cow Blues (John Estes' version) (track 4)
version of:
Goin’ Down Slow (track 11)

Release

mastering: Didier Marc (sound engineer)
photography: Valérie Justome
Christian Rose
producer: Philippe Rault (Musical producer) (1976)
ASIN: FR: B0000046QS [info]