The ultimate Swamp Pop Collection - 30 tracks featuring Johnny Allan, Bobby Charles, Rod Bernard, Jimmy Clanton, Warren Storm, Gene Thomas, Phil Phillips, Cookie and his Cupcakes, Jivin' Gene and many others. The one thing most of these records have in common is their debt to the sound of Fats Domino and his producer and co-writer Dave Bartholomew. Swamp Pop was popular in Louisiana, Texas and the neighbouring states and for the brief period encompassed by this compilation became a pop phenomenon breaking out into the American charts. Jimmy Clanton and Rod Bernard are very much the epitome of the genre and tracks such as Just a Dream and This Should Go On Forever are great examples of the Louisiana rock and roll sound. No swamp pop collection would be complete without Phil Phillips' million-selling Billboard smash Sea of Love or the greatest of swamp pop hits Mathilda by Cookie and His Cupcakes. This excellent collection is chock full with the who's who of the genre and is a must have for fans of early Rock 'n' Roll.
