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The Hawketts were an American R&B combo from New Orleans, Louisiana who are best known for their 1954 recording of "Mardi Gras Mambo", a song that has become an iconic classic of the New Orleans Carnival celebration. The band's members hailed from the African American community in New Orleans, Louisiana, and were all teenagers when they recorded the 1954 song written by Frankie Adams, Ken Elliot and Lou Welsh. Their membership consisted of Art Neville on lead vocals and piano, who was only sixteen years old at the time of the recording, and would later gain fame in the Meters and the Neville Brothers, George Davis on alto sax, Alfred August on guitar, Israel Bell on trumpet, August Fleuri on trumpet, Carroll Joseph on trombone, Morris "Moe" Bachemin on tenor sax, and John Boudreaux on drums. The band had no bass player. According to drummer John Boudreaux, "We didn't know that a band was supposed to have a bass player." The song they recorded reflects rhumba and Caribbean influences in early New Orleans R&B.
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Mambo Americano [2018]
Song | Duration |
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Mardi Gras Mambo | 2:15 |
The History of New Orleans Rhythm & Blues, Vol. 3: Jazz, Blues & Creole Roots 1953-55 [2013]
Song | Duration |
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Mardi Gras Mambo |
50 Classics of Louisiana Sounds: 1953-1960 [2012]
Song | Duration |
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Mardi Gras Mambo |
Rumba DooWop, Vol. 2: 1955-1956 [2012]
Song | Duration |
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Mardi Gras Mambo |
Totally Cool!: The Shag, and How To Do It [2012]
Song | Duration |
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Mardi Gras Mambo | 2:14 |
60 Bar-B-Que Sizzlers [2010]
Song | Duration |
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Mardi Gras Mambo | 2:13 |
The Cosimo Matassa Story [2007]
Song | Duration |
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Mardi Gras Mambo |
Gold [2005]
Song | Duration |
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Mardi Gras Mambo | 2:14 |
Rhythm N Blues: Early Doo Wop [2005]
Song | Duration |
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Mardi Gras Mambo | 2:17 |
Doctors, Professors, Kings and Queens: The Big Ol' Box of New Orleans [2004]
Song | Duration |
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Mardi Gras Mambo | 2:16 |
Mardi Gras Essentials [2000]
Song | Duration |
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Mardi Gras Mambo | 2:15 |
Tell It Like It Is [1998]
Song | Duration |
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Mardi Gras Mambo | 2:15 |
Chess New Orleans [1995]
Song | Duration |
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Mardi Gras Mambo | 2:15 |
New Orleans Party Classics [1992]
Song | Duration |
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Mardi Gras Mambo | 2:16 |
The Rock 'N' Roll Era: The New Orleans Sound [1991]
Song | Duration |
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Mardi Gras Mambo | 2:12 |
The Best of New Orleans Rhythm & Blues, Vol. 2 [1988]
Song | Duration |
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Mardi Gras Mambo |
History of New Orleans R&B, Vol. 1 [1987]
Song | Duration |
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Mardi Gras Mambo |
Mardi Gras in New Orleans [Mardi Gras] [1987]
Song | Duration |
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Mardi Gras Mambo | 2:13 |
Treacherous: A History of the Neville Brothers 1955-1985 [1986]
Song | Duration |
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Mardi Gras Mambo | 2:15 |
Always For Pleasure [1979]
Song | Duration |
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Mardi Gras Mambo |
Legacy: A History of the Nevilles
Song | Duration |
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Mardi Gras Mambo | 2:14 |
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