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A playlist to keep your spirits up
Published: April 1, 2020
Last Updated: January 3, 2022
Photo by Michael P. Smith ©The Historic New Orleans Collection
Dr. John with The Meters, April 22, 1974.
Happy listening.
The Meters, “Cissy Strut”
Dave Bartholomew, “Shrimp & Gumbo”
Eddie Bo, “Check Your Bucket”
Dr. John, “Let’s Make a Better World”
Chris Kenner, “Something You Got”
Fats Domino, “My Girl Josephine”
Jessie Hill, “Ooh Poo Pah Doo,” Parts I and II
Ernie K-Doe, “A Certain Girl”
Barbara George, “I Know (You Don’t Love Me No More)”
Irma Thomas, “(You Ain’t) Hittin’ On Nothing”
Allen Toussaint, “Country John”
Chris Kenner, “Land of 1,000 Dances”
Ernie K-Doe, “Here Come the Girls”
Earl King, “Trick Bag”
Jerry Lee Lewis, “High School Confidential”
Irma Thomas, “I Done Got Over”
Slim Harpo, “Te Ni Nee Ni Nu”
Clifton Chenier, “Hot Rod”
Jerry Lee Lewis, “Lewis Boogie”
Fats Domino, “The Fat Man”
Bobby Charles, “Grow Too Old”
Cookie & the Cupcakes, “Mathilda”
Dr. John, “Such a Night”
Allen Toussaint, “Southern Nights”
Alison Fensterstock is a music writer and regular contributor to 64 Parishes, serving as guest editor for the Fall 2018 music issue.
