GARÇON NÉGLIGENT, LE
Created on 18/01/2006Latest update on 13/12/2023
Artist: Guidry Brothers
Author: traditional
Label: Vocalion
Year: 1929
Covers:
- 1935:
Breaux Frères [same melody in La Valse du bayou Plaquemine]
- 1936:
Cléoma Falcon [same melody in Pin solitaire; she's a sister of the Breaux brothers]
- 1936:
Miller's Merrymakers [same melody in Lake Arthur Waltz and later that same day in Pine Island]
- 1937:
Jolly Boys Of Lafayette [same melody in Abbeville]
- 1937:
Louisiana Rounders [same melody in Alons kooche kooche with Papa Cairo (Julius Lamperez)]
- 1940:
Happy Fats & His Rayne-Bo Ramblers [as Gran Prairie; with Harry Choates on fiddle and again with Papa Cairo, released on Bluebird; another Rayne-Bo Rambler was J.D. Miller before he ran his own recording studio in Crowley, LA; Rayne is the name of the town east of Crowley]
- 1948:
Chuck Guillory [And his Rhythm Boys (vocal by Papa Cairo) as Big Texas/Grand Texas; an English and a French side on Colonial, sub-label of Modern; Papa Cairo took credits]
- 1949:
Papa Cairo & His Boys [as Big Texas n°2, also on Colonial; French version as Kooche kooche; recut for J.D. Miller's country label Feature in '51 (French and English side)]
- 1952:
Hank Williams [as Jambalaya (On The Bayou) with Chet Atkins on guitar; n°1 C&W; no credits]
- 1952:
Moon Mullican [as Jambalaya with Jimmy Bryant (guitar) and Speedy West (steel); sometimes credited for being the one who teached (or even sold) the song to Hank Williams]
- 1952:
Jo Stafford [idem; n°3 US]
- 1952:
Lucienne Delyle [in French]
- 1952:
- 1952:
- 1953:
Gerhard Wendland [in German]
- 1953:
Bob Davidse [as Jambalaya]
- 1956:
Brenda Lee [11 years old, with Owen Bradley on piano]
- 1957:
- 1958:
- 1958:
Jerry Lee Lewis [all as Jambalaya]
- 1959:
Jimmy C. Newman [as Grand Texas]
- 1960:
- 1960:
- 1960:
- 1960:
- 1961:
Fats Domino [top 30 US]
- 1962:
- 1964:
- 1964:
Tony Sheridan [& the Beat Brothers]
- 1964:
- 1966:
- 1966:
- 1969:
- 1971:
- 1971:
- 1972:
- 1972:
- 1972:
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band [hit US & NL]
- 1973:
- 1973:
Jérolas [as J'aime pas l'ail, j'aime pas l'eau, j'aime l'impôt]
- 1973:
- 1974:
Carpenters [top 3 NL]
- 1974:
Chuck Berry [and in '71 as Bordeaux In My Pirough]
- 1974:
- 1975:
Elvis Presley [Live in Lake Charles, LA]
- 1975:
- 1976:
- 1977:
- 1978:
- 1978:
- 1979:
- 1979:
- 1980:
Normaal [as Jambalaya ('t Kampvuur Laait)]
- 1981:
- 1985:
- 1986:
Residents [as Jambalaya (On The Bayou)]
- 1988:
- 1991:
- 1993:
Danny Collet [as Grand Texas]
- 1993:
Hackberry Ramblers [idem]
- 1994:
Clarence Gatemouth Brown [as Jambalaya]
- 1997:
Balham Alligators [as Grand Texas]
- 1999:
Mel Melton [idem]
- 1999:
Johnny Dowd [in Worried Mind]
- 2000:
Tab Benoit [as Jambalaya]
- 2000:
- 2007:
Harry Connick Jr. [idem]
- 2008:
Jeff Healey [idem]
- 2013:
Garth Brooks [idem]
When he heard of Hank Williams' rip-off, Papa Cairo turned his back to the music business never to record or perform again. He wouldn't have had a point in court though, since the melody is even older than Happy Fats's. It's in Abbeville by The Jelly Boys Of Lafayette (Decca - '37), in Pine Island by Miller's Merrymakers (Bluebird - '36), in Pin Solitaire by Cleoma Breaux Falcon (Decca - '36), in La Valse Du Bayou Plaquemine by The Breaux Brothers (Vocalion - '34) and last but not least in Le Garçon Négligent by The Guidry Brothers. Same melody was also in Allons Kooche Kooche by The Louisiana Ramblers (Decca - '37), where Papa Cairo was part of.
