Pop/Rock  •  Rock & Roll/Roots

Swamp Pop

Swamp Pop is a brand of rock & roll that emerged from Louisiana. It was a hybrid of rock & roll, pop, and Louisiana blues and R&B. It had a dirty, gritty, funky feel that sounded like the swamps that surrounded Louisiana.

Swamp Pop Song Highlights

Feelin' Awful Blues Otis V. Hicks / Jerry West
Lightnin' Slim
Fortunate Son John Fogerty
Creedence Clearwater Revival
I'm a Lover Not a Fighter J. Miller / J.D. Miller
Lazy Lester
Geisha Rock
Johnny Winter
I've Got a Thing About You Baby Tony Joe White
Tony Joe White
I Just Walked Away Tony Joe White
Tony Joe White
Superlover Jeremy Lindsay
Luther Dickinson / Sisters of the Strawberry Moon
I Got Love If You Want it
Slim Harpo
Mathilda George Khoury / Huey Thierry
Cookie & the Cupcakes
Before I Grow Too Old Dave Bartholomew / Fats Domino / Doc Guidry
Tommy McLain
Don't Let the Door (Hit You in the Butt) Tony Joe White
Tony Joe White
Season Man Tony Joe White
Tony Joe White
I Hear You Knockin' J.D. Miller
Lazy Lester
Mathilda
Cookie & the Cupcakes
Later Alligator (See You Later, Alligator) R. Guidry
Bobby Charles
Heartbroken Love
Joe Barry
Hey Lawdy Mama Cleve Reed
Roy Perkins
My Baby Don't Wear No Shoes Clifton Chenier
C.J. Chenier & the Red Hot Louisiana Band
Little Pig
Dale Hawkins
You've Got a Lot to Learn
Clarence "Frogman" Henry
The Swing of Things Paul Waaktaar-Savoy
a-ha
The Perrodin Two-Step Traditional
Filé
Stockholm Blues
Tony Joe White
Boot Money Tony Joe White
Tony Joe White
The Bad Wind Tony Joe White
Tony Joe White
Bad Mouthin' Tony Joe White
Tony Joe White
Cold Black Mare Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup
Whispering Smith
On My Way to Mexico Tommy McLain
Tommy McLain
Little Darlin' Maurice Williams
The Gladiolas
Misery
The Dynamics
The Happy Organ James Kriegsmann
Dave "Baby" Cortez
Ohoopee River Bottomland
Larry Jon Wilson