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Clifton Chenier

St. Landry Parish, United States • 1925-06-25 – 1987-12-12

Clifton Chenier is credited on 500 releases across 178 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1955–2023 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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500

Pressings credited

178

Albums

8

Decades active

30

In collections

Biography

Clifton Chenier (June 25, 1925 – December 12, 1987) was an American musician known as a pioneer of zydeco, a style of music that arose from Creole music, with R&B, and blues influences. He sang and played the accordion. Chenier won a Grammy Award in 1983. Chenier was known as the King of Zydeco, and also billed as the King of the South.

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Credited work

500 releases · 178 albums · active 1955–2023

  • Performance · 1,089
  • Other credits · 43
  • Production · 6

Studios: Studio In The Country · Gold Star Recording Studio · Owl Mountain · Sierra Sound Laboratories

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