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Chanteur Country US né Edward Garvin Futch le 19 Août 1944 à Lafayette
(Louisiane).
Born
Edward Garvin Futch, it's no wonder that his name was changed by a record
executive to Eddy Raven on his very first single, released on tiny Cosmos
Records in the late '60s. Numerous influences have made his music almost
indescribable: the Cajun sounds of his native Louisiana, the blues influence
from working with Johnny Winter, the rock & roll of his idol, Elvis
Presley, and the pure country of the Grand Ole Opry. Befriended by Jimmy
C. Newman, Raven made the first of many trips to Nashville in 1970, though
he didn't move permanently for a couple of years. Signed to a publishing deal
with Acuff-Rose, he wrote songs for Don
Gibson and Roy
Acuff, among others, and started making records himself in 1974. Despite the
acclaim of his peers, Raven didn't actually earn a hit record as a recording
artist until 1981, with the release of his Desperate Dreams album. After he lost
his recording contract in a 1983 consolidation involving Elektra and Warner, Raven took
the next year to realign his business. The
Oak Ridge Boys earned a hit at that time with his song "Thank God for Kids,"
and Raven came out of his forced vacation strong, signing with RCA and gaining
his first number one single with "I Got Mexico." For the next half-dozen years, Raven remained
a consistent staple of country radio: frequently adventurous, always listenable.
Raven began playing music when he was a child in Lafayette, LA, joining a garage
rock band when he was 13 years old. Three years later, his family moved to
Georgia, where Raven landed a job working in a radio station. He also managed to
cut his own song, "Once a Fool," for the local independent label Cosmo. The
record was released under the name "Eddy Raven," and Edward Futch used that
moniker as his stage name from that day forward. In 1963, the family moved back
to Lafayette, and Raven began working in a record shop called La Louisianne. The
store's owner had a label of the same name, and Raven cut several records for
the label, including his 1969 debut album, That Cajun Country Sound.
Jimmy C. Newman happened to hear That Cajun Country Sound and was impressed
enough to land Raven a publishing deal with Acuff-Rose. Following the record's
release, Raven began singing for Jimmie
Davis' band. By 1971, other artists had begun recording Raven's songs, with Don
Gibson taking "Country Green" into the Top Five; Gibson also
recorded "Touch the Morning," while Jeannie
C. Riley covered "Good Morning, Country Rain" and Roy
Acuff sang "Back in the Country." Soon, Raven had gained a reputation as a
songwriter and a performer within Nashville, and once Don Gant of Acuff-Rose
became an A&R man for ABC Records, Eddy had a record deal of his own in 1974.
For the next two years, he had a series of minor hits for the label, highlighted
by the number 27 "Good News, Bad News" in 1975. He left the label in 1978,
staying with Monument for one year before signing with Dimension the following
year. None of his singles for either label were big hits, and he left Dimension
in 1981.
Later in 1981, he signed with Elektra, where he had his first big hit with the
number 13 "I Should've Called." Over the next two years, Raven had three Top 20
singles for Elektra, setting the stage for his breakthrough into the Top Ten in
1984. After spending 1983 resolving legal and managerial problems, Raven signed
with RCA Records, releasing "I Got Mexico" in the spring. The single was a big
hit, becoming not only his first Top Ten single, but his first number one hit.
For the remainder of the decade, he had a string of Top Ten hits for the label,
including the number one singles "Shine, Shine, Shine" (1987), "I'm Gonna Get
You" (1988), and "Joe Knows How to Live" (1988). He left RCA for Universal in
1989, and he had two number one singles for the label -- "In a Letter to You"
and "Bayou Boys." Once Universal collapsed in 1989, he moved to their parent
company, Captiol, but his records for the label were largely ignored because
radio was beginning to program newer artists instead of veterans like Raven.
During the '90s, Raven lacked a record label, but he continued to tour and
perform successfully.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddy_Raven
Talents : Vocals, Guitar
Style musical : Cajun, Contemporary Country, Urban Cowboy, Country-Pop, Zydeco
Once A Fool
(1961)
My Heart's Been
Broken (1964)
Misery
(1964)
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Years in activity :
| 1910 | 20 | 30 | 40 | 50 | 60 | 70 | 80 | 90 | 2000 | 10 | 20 |
DISCOGRAPHY
Singles
| 10/1961 | SP COSMO 101 (US) | . |
Once A Fool
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Ladies Man |
| 1963 | SP LA LOUISIANE LL 8040 (US) | . |
Maria / O' Christina |
| 1963 | SP LA LOUISIANE LL 8049 (US) | . | Lied To Judy / Your Picture |
| 1964 | SP LA LOUISIANE LL 8061 (US) | . |
My Heart's Been
Broken
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Misery
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| 1966 | SP LA LOUISIANE LL 8073 (US) | . | Throw It Away / Same Old Places |
| 1966 | SP LA LOUISIANE LL 8077 (US) | . | I Knew Better / Pictures |
| 1966 | SP LA LOUISIANE LL 8082 (US) | . | Cold Cold Heart / Once Is Enough |
| 1967 | SP LA LOUISIANE LL 8095 (US) | . | Time Will Tell / I Did |
| 1967 | SP LA LOUISIANE LL 8100 (US) | . | One Way Love / Sincerely Your Friend |
| 1968 | SP LA LOUISIANE LL 8126 (US) | . | Alligator Bayou / Very Last Time |
| 1969 | SP LA LOUISIANE LL 8129 (US) | . | Home / I'm To Blame |
| 1969 | SP LA LOUISIANE LL 8130 (US) | . | Colinda / Red Was A Friend Of Mine |
| 06/1973 | SP ABC ABC-11370 (US) | . | Askansas Sun / Killer Of The Class Of '53 |
| 10/1973 | SP ABC ABC-11392 (US) | . | Sam / Southern Queen |
| 02/1974 | SP ABC ABC-11421 (US) | . | Last Of The Sunshine Cowboys / Sugar Kane |
| 06/1974 | SP ABC ABC-11449 (US) | . | Carolina Country Morning / Killer Of The Class Of '53 |
| 11/1974 | SP ABC ABC-12037 (US) | . | Ain't She Somethin' Else / It's A Bird On A Chain |
| 03/1975 | SP ABC ABC-12083 (US) | . | Good News Bad News / Sam |
| 07/1975 | SP ABC ABC-12111 (US) | . | You're My Rainy Day Woman / Wild Man From Borneo |
| 11/1975 | SP ABC- DOT DOA 17595 (US) | . | Free To Be / Country Queen |
| 03/1976 | SP ABC- DOT DOA 17618 (US) | . | I Wanna Live / I Don't Want To Talk It Over |
| 1976 | SP ABC- DOT DOT 22016 (US) |
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I Wanna Live - I Wanna Live / I Don't Wanna Talk It Over |
| 07/1976 | SP ABC- DOT DOA 17646 (US) | . | Curse Of A Woman / Thank God For The Kids |
| 11/1976 | SP ABC- DOT DOA 17663 (US) | . | I'm Losing It All / Touch The Morning |
| 03/1978 | SP MONUMENT 45-245 (US) | . | Colinda / Touch And Go |
| 08/1978 | SP MONUMENT 45-260 (US) | . | You're A Dancer / She Don't Cry |
| 10/1979 | SP DIMENSION DS-003 (US) | . | Sweet Mother Texas / I Should've Called |
| 02/1980 | SP DIMENSION DS-1005 (US) | . | Dealin' With The Devil / She Don't Cry |
| 05/1980 | SP DIMENSION DS-1007 (US) | . | You're Go Those Eyes / Fais Do Do |
| 08/1980 | SP DIMENSION DS-1011 (US) | . | Another Texas Song / Day After Day |
| 12/1980 | SP DIMENSION DS-1017 (US) | . | Peace Of Mind / Just Leave Me Alone |
| 04/1981 | SP ELEKTRA E-47136 (US) | . | I Should Have Called / Young Girl |
| 09/1981 | SP ELEKTRA E-47216 (US) | . | Who Do You Know In California / Think It Over |
| 01/1982 | SP ELEKTRA E-47413 (US) | . | Little Bit Crazy / Loving Arms And Lying Eyes |
| 04/1982 | SP ELEKTRA E-47469 (US) | . | She's Playing Hard To Forget / Desperate Dreams |
| 10/1982 | SP ELEKTRA 7-69929 (US) | . | San Antonio Nights / Free To Be |
| 02/1984 | SP RCA VICTOR PB-13746 (US) | . | I Got Mexico / Love Burning Down |
| 06/1984 | SP RCA VICTOR PB-13839 (US) | . | I Could Use Another You / Folks Out On The Road |
| 10/1984 | SP RCA VICTOR PB-13939 (US) | . | She's Gonna Win Your Heart / Looking For Ways |
| 03/1985 | SP RCA VICTOR PB-14044 (US) | . | Operator Operator / Just For The Sake Of The Thrill |
| 07/1985 | SP RCA VICTOR PB-14164 (US) | . | I Wanna Hear It From You / Room To Run |
| 11/1985 | SP RCA VICTOR PB-14250 (US) | . | You Should Have Been Gone / We Robbed Trains |
| 04/1986 | SP RCA VICTOR PB-14319 (US) | . | Sometimes A Lady / Just For The Sake Of The Thrill |
| 10/1986 | SP RCA VICTOR 5032-7-R (US) | . | Right Hand Man / I Got Mexico |
| 03/1987 | SP RCA VICTOR 5128-7-R (US) | . | You're Never Too Old For Young Love / Other Than Montreal |
| 08/1987 | SP RCA VICTOR 5221-7-R (US) | . | Shine Shine Shine / Stay With Me |
| 01/1988 | SP RCA VICTOR 6831-7-R (US) | . | I'm Gonna Get You / Other Than Montreal |
| 05/1988 | SP RCA VICTOR 8303-7-R (US) | . | Joe Knows How To Live / Looking For Ways |
| 10/1988 | SP RCA VICTOR 8798-7-R (US) | . | Till You Cry / Just For The Sake Of The Thrill |
| 03/1989 | SP UNIVERSAL UVL-66003 (US) | . | A Letter To You / Risky Business |
| 08/1989 | SP UNIVERSAL UVL-66016 (US) | . | Bayou Boys / Angel Fire |
| 12/1989 | SP UNIVERSAL UVL-66029 (US) | . | Sooner Or Later / Little Sheba |
| 01/1990 | SP CAPITOL NR-44528 (US) | . | Sooner Or Later / Little Sheba |
| 03/1990 | SP CAPITOL NR-44537 (US) | . | Island / Woman's Place |
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Albums
| 1969 | LP 12" LA LOUISIANE LL-127 (US) |
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CAJUN COUNTRY SOUND - Cajun Country Boy / Soft Cajun Two-Step / Alligator Bayou / Chere Cherie / Papa Thibodeaux / I Passed By Your Door / Crawfish Festival Time / Home / Red Was A Friend Of Mine / La Belle De La Louisianne / Colinda / I'm To Blame |
| 02/1976 | LP 12" DOT DOSD-2031 (US) |
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THIS IS EDDY RAVEN - Ain't She Somethin' Else / Touch The Morning / Twenty Seven Thirty Three / It Wouldn't Be Enough / Country Green / Free To Be / I Wanna Live / Good Mornin' Country Rain / I Don't Wanna Talk It Over / Good News Bad News / You're My Rainy Day Woman |
| 07/1980 | LP 12" DIMENSION DLP-5001 (US) |
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EYES - Dealin' With The Devil / First Few Days Of Love / Sweet Mother Texas / Day After Day / Just Leave Me Alone / You've Got Those Eyes / Peace Of Mind / Fais Do Do / It Takes A Long Long Time / Another Texas Song |
| 10/1981 | LP 12" ELEKTRA 5E-545 (US) |
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DESPERATE DREAMS - Desparate Dreams / Who Do You Know In California / You're Too Much For Me / I Know You're The Rain / I Should've Called / Little Bit Crazy / Thinking It Over / She's Playing Hard To Forget / Young Girl / Loving Arms And Living Eyes |
| 05/1984 | LP 12" RCA VICTOR AHL1-5040 (US) |
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I COULD USE ANOTHER YOU - Just For The Sake Of The Thrill / I Got Mexico / Folks Out On The Road / Keeper Of The Flame / Looking For Ways / Love Burning Down / Somewhere Borrowed Somewhere Blue / She's Gonna Win Your Heart / I Could Use Another You / Solo Sometimes |
| 11/1984 | LP 12" MCA MCA-910 (US) |
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THANK GOD FOR KIDS - Thank God For Kids / Touch The Morning / I Don't Wanna Talk It Over / Free To Be / You're My Rainy Day Woman / Country Green / Good News Bad News / Last Of The Sunshine Cowboys |
| 06/1985 | LP 12" RCA VICTOR AHL1-5456 (US) |
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LOVE AND OTHER HARD TIMES - I Wanna Hear It From You / Room To Run / You Should Have Been Gone By Now / Easy Time / Changes / Operator Operator / We Robbed Trains / Song I Said I'd Never Write For You / Art Of Getting By / I'm Just Someone You Run From |
| 11/1986 | LP 12" RCA 5728-1-R (US) |
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RIGHT HAND MAN - Right Hand Man / I Wanna Hear It From You / Room To Run / You Should Have Been Gone By Now / Easy Time / Changes / Operator Operator / Art Of Getting By / I'm Just Someone You Run From |
| 02/1988 | CD RCA 6815-2-R (US) |
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THE BEST OF EDDY RAVEN - I Got Mexico / Operator Operator / I'm Gonna Get You / Shine Shine Shine / Till You Cry / Joe Knows How To Live / Right Hand Man / Sometimes A Lady / You Should Have Been Gone By Now |
| 05/1989 | CD Universal UVLD-76003 (US) |
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Temporary Sanity - Zydeco Lady / Holding On To You / In A Letter To You / Island / Little Sheba / Sooner Or Later / Bayou Boys / A Woman's Place / Angel Fire / Risky Business |
| 08/1990 | CD CURB 77364 (US) |
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GREATEST COUNTRY HITS - I Got Mexico / Shine Shine Shine / I'm Gonna Get You / She's Playing Hard To Forget / Who Do You Know In California / Good News Bad News / Free To Be / Ain't She Somethin' Else / Last Of The Sunshine Cowboys / You're My Rainy Day Woman |
| 08/1990 | CD WARNER BROS. 9 26302-2 (US) |
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GREATEST HITS - Who Do You Know In California / She's Playing Hard To Forget / I Should've Called / San Antonio Nights / I Don't Like Leaving You / Little Bit Crazy / You've Got Those Eyes / Raven On The Wing / Sweet Mother Texas / Piece Of Mind |
| 04/1991 | CD CAPITOL 94258-2 (US) |
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RIGHT FOR THE FLIGHT - Rock Me In The Rhythm Of Your Love / Torn Up / Hot Pink / I Know That Car / Ain't Nothin' But A Heartache / Leon And Maggie / Like A Hurricane / Too Much Candy For A Dime / Somebody's Tearin' The Flag / Cajun Song |
| 04/1992 | CD LIBERTY 98480-2 (US) |
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THE BEST OF EDDY RAVEN - Bayou Boys / In A Letter To You / Rock Me In The Rhythm Of Your Love / Sooner Or Later / Somebody's Tearin' The Flag / Island / Torn Up / Zydeco Lady / Like A Hurricane / Too Much Candy For A Dime |
| 1993 | CD BMG 82786-46996-2 (US) |
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All American Country - I Got Mexico / Joe Knows How To Live / I Wanna Hear It From You / Right Hand Man / You're Never Too Old For Young Love / You Should Have Been Gone By Now / I Could Use Another You / Art Of Getting By / Other Than Montreal / Just For The Sake Of The Thrill |
| 05/1994 | CD INTERSOUND CDI-9121 (US) |
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WILD EYED AND CRAZY - Wild Eyed And Crazy / Tequila Tells / Of All The Things / Rip Rap Road / Castaway Heart / In A Letter / Sometimes A Lady / Joe Knows How To Live / Thank God For The Kids / I Got Mexico / Island / Who Do You Know In California / Bayou Boys |
| 08/1996 | CD K-TEL 6240-2 (US) |
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COOKIN' CAJUN - Eddy RAVEN & Jo-El SONNIER - Jambalaya (On The Bayou) (with Jo-El SONNIER) / Colinda / Tear-Stained Letter (Jo-El SONNIER) / Fais Do Do (with Jo-El SONNIER) / Zydeco Lady / No More One More Time (Jo-El SONNIER) / Papa Thibodeaux / Sugar Bee (Jo-El SONNIER) / Cher Jole Blon (with Jo-El SONNIER) / Good Deal Lucille (Jo-El SONNIER) / I'm Gonna Get You / Diggy Liggy Lo (with Jo-El SONNIER) / Cher Big Mamou / Louisiana 1927 (Jo-El SONNIER) |
| 10/1996 | CD KINGFISHER KFG-0011-2 (US) |
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I GOT MEXICO - I Got Mexico / Joe Knows How To Live / Operator Operator / Shine Shine Shine / You Should Have Been Gone By Now / Right Hand Man / I Could Use Another You / I Should've Called / I Wanna Hear It From You / I'm Gonna Get You / Love Lifted Me / Leaning On The Everlasting Arms |
| 03/1997 | CD CURB D2-77881 (US) |
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BEST OF EDDY RAVEN - Joe Knows How To Live / I'm Gonna Get You / I Got Mexico / Shine Shine Shine / You Should Have Been Gone By Now / Right Hand Man / I Wanna Hear It From You / Heart On The Line (Operator Operator) / I Could Use Another You / I Should've Called |
| 01/1998 | CD CAPITOL 7243-4-93010-2-3 (US) |
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20 FAVORITES - Sooner Or Later / In A Letter To You / Cajun Song / Rock Me In The Rhythm Of Your Love / Ain't Nothin' But A Heartache / I Know That Car / Johnny's Got A Pistol / Bayou Boys / Somebody's Tearin' The Flag / Beautiful Mistake / 12th Of Never / Angel Fire / Island / Too Much Candy For A Dime / I'm Not Like That Now / Leon And Maggie / Like A Hurricane / Watching It Go / Zydeco Lady / Thank God For Kids |
| 04/1999 | CD SMITH MUSIC 5001-2 (US) |
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LIVE AT BILLY BOB'S TEXAS - I Could Use Another You / Shine Shine Shine / In A Letter To You / Sooner Or Later / Joe Knows How To Live / Right Hand Man / I Got Mexico / Till You Cry / I'm Gonna Get You / We Robbed Trains / Thank God For Kids / Little Bit Crazy / Operator Operator / I Should Have Called - Who Do You Know In California / Island, Sometimes A Lady / I Wanna Heardit From You / Bayou Boys |
| 11/2000 | CD WEST SIDE 850 (UK) |
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I GOT MEXICO - RCA VICTOR SINGLES A'S B'S 1984-1988 - I Got Mexico / Love Burning Down / I Could Use Another You / Folks Out On The Road / She's Gonna Win Your Heart / Looking For Ways / Operator Operator / Just For The Sake Of The Thrill / I Wanna Hear It From You / Room To Run / You Should Have Been Gone By Now / We Robbed Trains / Sometimes A Lady / Right Hand Man / You're Never Too Old For Young Love / Other Than Montreal / Shine Shine Shine / Stay With Me / I'm Gonna Get You / Joe Knows How To Live / Till You Cry |
| 03/2001 | CD ROW MUSIC 88194-2 (US) |
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LIVING IN BLACK AND WHITE - Living In Black And White / Don't Worry About Me / Little Bit More / Blue Cajun Moon / Till I Can't Hold You Anymore / Hearing It In French / Bermuda Triangle / You Don't Have To Live With It / Cowboys Don't Cry / Coldest Fire / If Wishing Only Made It So / New Orleans Is A Mighty Good Town |
| 2001 | CD KRB 0006993 (US) |
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Legendary Hits - Shine Shine Shine / I Got Mexico / I Should've Called / I Could Use Another You / I'm Gonna Get You / Operator Operator / I Wanna Hear It From You / You Should've Been Gone By Now / Right Hand Man / Joe Knows How To Live |
| 07/2002 | CD ROW MUSIC 8206 (US) |
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LIVE IN CONCERT - Intro / Shine Shine Shine / Sometimes A Lady / Joe Knows How To Live / You Should've Been Gone By Now / Right Hand Man / In A Letter To You / Till You Cry / Sooner Or Later / I Got Mexico / You're Never Too Old (For Young Love) / She's Gonna Win Your Heart / Operator Operator / Thank God For Kids / I'm Gonna Get You / Bayou Boys / I Wanna Hear It From You / Medley / Island / Thinkin' It Over / Other Than Montreal / I Could Use Another You |
| 2004 | CD Direct Source CCT 32512 (CAN) |
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Hero & Icon - I Got Mexico / Joe Knows How To Live / I'm Gonna Get You / Shine, Shine, Shine / You Should Have Been Gone By Now / I Wanna Hear It From You / Right Hand Man / Love Lifted Me / I Could Use Another You / Operator, Operator / I Should've Called / Leaning On Everlasting Arms |
| 04/2005 | CD CBUJ 0605 (US) |
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Shine, Shine, Shine - I Got Mexico / I'm Gonna Get You / Shine, Shine, Shine / Joe Knows How To Live / Operator, Operator / I Could Use Another You / You Should Have Been Gone By Now / Right Hand Man |
| 07/2005 | CD Intersound 6301 (US) |
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Knowin' How To Live - I Got Mexico / Bayou Boys /.Joe Knows How To Live / In A Letter To You / Sometimes A Lady / Thank God For Kids / Island / Who Do You Know In California / Rif Raf Road / Tequila Tells |
| 2006 | CD ROW MUSIC ? (US) |
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House Of The Rising Sun - Most Of All / Lovin‘ Arms / Come Monday / Tell It Like It Is / Good Time Charlie / Last Thing On My Mind / New Orleans Ladies / Reason To Believe / 12th Of Never / We Just Disagree / House Of The Rising Sun |
| 06/2007 | CD St. Clair 224 (US) |
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Forever Gold - Fais Do Do (with Jo-El SONNIER) / Got Mexico / Zydeco Lady / Cher Big Mamou / 'M Gonna Get You / Jambalaya (On The Bayou) / Colinda / Diggy Liggy Lo (with Jo-El SONNIER) / Papa Thibodeaux Love Lifted Me / Leaning On The Everlasting Arms |
| 11/02007 | CD Image Entertainment 20012 (US) |
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Ultimate Live - I Got Mexico / Operator, Operator / Shine Shine Shine / In A Letter To You / 'Til You Cry / Joe Knows How To Love / Right Hand Man / I'm Gonna Get You / Thank God For Kids / Sometimes A Lady |
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