Go to the Mardi Gras—Professor Longhair “Go to the Mardi Gras,” first recorded in 1949, by Roy “Baldhead” Byrd, also known as Professor Longhair. The definitive version was recorded in 1959 for the Ron label. Some say it’s the most popular Carnival record ever made. Fats Domino recorded it in 1956. We love the whistling. Sample lyric: Provided to YouTube by The Orchard EnterprisesHey, Hey Mardi Gras · The Heavyweights · Big AlGumbo Party Music℗ 2006 Mardi Gras Records, Inc.Released on: 200 Provided to YouTube by The Orchard EnterprisesHey, Hey Mardi Gras · Big Al & The Heavy WeightsUltimate Mardi Gras℗ 2006 Mardi Gras Records, Inc.Released on: Provided to YouTube by CDBabyHey, Hey Mardi Gras · Big Al and the HeavyweightsLive Crawfish℗ 2000 Bluziana Music BMIReleased on: 2000-01-01Auto-generated by Use italics (<i>lyric</i>) and bold (<b>lyric</b>) to distinguish between different vocalists in the same song part If you don’t understand a lyric, use [?] To learn more, check out our Here they are, in no special order, the Top Ten Mardi Gras Songs of Louisiana! 10) "My Feet Can't Fail Me Now" The Dirty Dozen Brass Band. 9) Hey Pocky A-Way The Meters. 2) One of my favorite lists to play is my set of Mardi Gras songs that I tend to turn up quite loudly and quite often – even ‘out-of-season’. Here, I compiled 12 of my favorite themed tunes in no particular order that includes a day-after Mardi Gras Day song. Mardi Gras. The Grateful Dead loved it. Sample lyric: Live a boy with a heart of steel He can’t move it now But his sisters sure will Feel good music I’ve been told Good for the body And it’s good for your soul You can do it now Hey hey hey hey pocky a-way I’m back grooving Right in the car It don’t make no difference where you are 4. "Hey Pocky A-Way" - The Meters. Speaking of the Meters, this is another thrilling tune often played during Mardi Gras celebrations. Recorded in 1974, "Hey Pocky A-Way" isn't just a Carnival-appropriate jam, but also an important funk standard. But some organizers are trying to change that by banning one of the most colorful Mardi Gras traditions, the tossing of plastic beads into the crowd. Matt Bloom with Member station WWNO takes us on a recent parade on the streets of New Orleans where plastic beads were notably absent. (SOUNDBITE OF MUSIC) BONNIE HILL: Hey, hey, hey. The Wild Tchoupitoulas is a 1976 album by the New Orleans Mardi Gras Indian tribe the Wild Tchoupitoulas.While not a commercial success, the effort was well received critically and the experience recording it encouraged the four Neville brothers to perform together for the first time as a group. Listen to Hey! Hey! Mardi Gras by Big Al and the Heavyweights on Apple Music. 1998. 11 Songs. Duration: 43 minutes. With strong Louisiana home-base elements, Big Al & the Heavyweights also combine Texan and Chicago features in their musical gumbo with Hey, Hey Mardi Gras. With twists of rock, R&B, Delta and Cajun music, Big Al and company lay down a heavy beat that is impossible to ignore. The MetersThe Best!!!!! Big Al and The Heavyweights perform "Hey Hey Mardi Gras" at the Great Northeast Blues Festival, Syracuse, NY, August 10, 2002.An in2blues selection. Hey, Hey Mardi Gras by Big Al & The Heavyweights released in 2000. Find album reviews, track lists, credits, awards and more at AllMusic. “What’s with the monkey?” asks Robbie Williams in the trailer of Better Man, a movie based on his life. The film is in many respects a standard-issue music biopic, but the British pop singer is portrayed by a walking, talking CGI monkey — a chimpanzee, to be precise — throughout. It’s a good question: What Hey now! Hey now!Iko iko wan deyJock-a-mo fi no wan an deyJock-a-mo fi na ney. Everyone has recorded it a little differently, but no one who recorded it knew what it meant. View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the 1998 CD release of "Hey! Hey! Mardi Gras" on Discogs. Virtual tip jars: Paypal or Square SHIRTS AVAILABLE HE
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