Boppin by the Bayou/ Various - Boppin By the Bayou / VariousUK collection of early Rock 'n' Roll featuring 28 tracks culled from the cream of the '50s Louisiana labels. Louisiana's take on Rock 'n' Roll was always going to be different to the rest of the US. It's French heritage is a big factor in giving the music that developed in Louisiana in the wake of Elvis Presley's success it's own peculiar flavor. Rock 'n' Roll was already an amalgam of earlier styles, but the Louisiana melting pot added it's own spice

The Carter Family

bridged by a shared love of jazz

and including his subsequent releases during this era on the Specialty

All of the works are with lyrics by William Shakespeare and are sung by Czech soprano Lucie Silkenová

Eighteen different records made No

but it's certainly a substantial and representative showcase for one of the great piano stylists of the genre

it evokes the turn of the new decade

who plays the role of Lisa

he formed a new orchestra

and the Top 5 country hits "Someday (You'll Want Me To Want You)"

Claudine recorded for six labels

and his work has not been very thoroughly compiled over the years