Yat raconteur and one of the last great WWOZ dj’s – Billy Delle, recently counted down his top ten Swamp Pop records on his radio show. I grabbed a stack of post its and commenced to a writing.
Starting it off with his own freewheeling scat interpretations of iconic New Orleans R&B hits Delle segued into what defined the Swamp Pop sound and what the genre and each song meant to him personally. The following is his list:
Top Ten Swamp Pop Songs
- Elton Anderson – Shed So Many Tears
- Big Walter Price – Shirley Jean
- King Karl – Irene
- Tommy Mclain – Sweet Dreams
- Roy Perkins – You’re on My Mind
- Joe Barry – Fool to Care
- Rod Bernard – This Should Go on Forever
- Jivin’ Gene – Breaking Up is Hard to Do
- Phil Phillips – Sea of Love
- Cookie and the Cupcakes – Mathilda
