* Clifton Chenier ( 1925 – 1987 ), American zydeco musician

* Clifton Chenier, legendary zydeco musician

* December 12 – Clifton Chenier, zydeco singer and accordionist, 62

In the mid-1950s, the popularity of Clifton Chenier brought zydeco to the fringes of the American mainstream.

Young zydeco musicians such as C. J. Chenier, Chubby Carrier, Geno Delafose, Terrance Simien, Nathan Williams and others began touring internationally during the 1980s.

The first zydeco vest frottoir ( rubboard ) was designed by Clifton Chenier, the " King of Zydeco ," in 1946 while he and his brother, Cleveland, were working at an oil refinery in Port Arthur, TX.

Paul Simon's 1987 album Graceland features a track called " That Was Your Mother " that references zydeco and Clifton Chenier, the " King of the Bayou ".

For Chenier, Sidney dressed up as the zydeco monarch, complete with a crown, cape and gold tooth.

The Creole Zydeco music of Grammy winning artists Queen Ida Guillory, Clifton Chenier, Rockin Sidney Simien, Buckwheat Zydeco and Terrance Simien remain some of the most internationally recognized zydeco music.

In the late 1940s, Clifton Chenier, a Creole, began playing an updated form of la la called zydeco.

Cajun and Creole music has spawned many popular artists in the zydeco genre, including Clifton Chenier.

His Clifton Chenier and Buckwheat Zydeco parodies became one of his performance highlights.

The first Jazz Fest lineup included artists Mahalia Jackson ( who was not booked, but simply heard about the Festival and showed up to sing ), The Preservation Hall Band, Duke Ellington, Pete Fountain, Al Hirt, Clifton Chenier, Fats Domino, The Meters, Snooks, and many others.

Chenier was one of the better shooting guards in the NBA for the first six seasons in his career, but he suffered a back injury early in the 1977-78 season and had season-ending surgery.

In 1982, the label won its first Grammy Award for the album, I'm Here, by Clifton Chenier.

The Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries saw some significant French premieres of major operas including Richard Wagner's Die Meistersinger in 1896, Giordano's Andre Chenier in the following year, and Moussorgsky's Boris Godunov in 1913.

One of the few musical instruments invented entirely in the United States is the Zydeco Frottoir ( Zydeco Rubboard ), a distillation of the washboard into essential elements ( percussive surface with shoulder straps ) designed by Clifton Chenier and built by Willie Landry in 1946.

On October 10, Paul Rose as leader of the FLQ's Chenier Cell joined with members Jacques Rose ( brother ), Bernard Lortie, and Francis Simard to kidnap Quebec Vice Premier and cabinet minister, Pierre Laporte.

Zydeco music pioneer Clifton Chenier, " The King of Zydeco ", made Zydeco popular on regional radio stations with his bluesy style and keyboard accordion.

Although Otello was his best role, throughout his career, Del Monaco sang a number of other roles with great acclaim, for example: Canio in Pagliacci ( Leoncavallo ), Radames in Aida ( Verdi ), Don Jose in Carmen ( Bizet ), Chenier in Andrea Chénier ( Giordano ), Manrico in Il trovatore ( Verdi ), Samson in Samson and Delilah ( Saint-Saëns ), and Don Alvaro in La forza del destino ( Verdi ).

On October 10, Chenier Cell leader Paul Rose and his brother, Jacques Rose along with Bernard Lortie and Francis Simard, kidnapped and then murdered Quebec Vice Premier and Cabinet Minister, Pierre Laporte.

A priest tries to dissuade Dr. Chenier, who replies, with a trea, " I will conquer, or die.

Chenier, who got his start in television sports broadcasting with Home Team Sports back in 1985, has announced black college games

Chenier currently resides in Columbia, Maryland with his family and his mother.

Chenier or Chénier is a sandy or shelly beach ridge that is part of a strand plain, called a “ chenier plain ,” consisting of cheniers separated by intervening mud-flat deposits with marsh and swamp vegetation.

Cameron Parish was hit the hardest with the towns of Creole, Cameron, Grand Chenier, Johnson's Bayou, and Holly Beach being totally demolished.

Chenier continued recording for more than thirty years, releasing over a hundred albums and paving the way for later stars like Boozoo Chavis and Buckwheat Zydeco.

Chenier was never the same player after that ; he came back from his surgery late the next season, but never could crack the Bullets ' starting lineup again.

Chenier was released by the Bullets after the 1978-79 season, he would later play briefly for the Indiana Pacers and Golden State Warriors before finally retiring after the 1980-81 season.

Negro camps in Louisiana were: Camp Pioneer ( Norwela Council ), Camp Britton ( Ouachita Valley Council ), Camp Chenier ( Evangeline Area Council ), Indian Village Scout Camp ( New Orleans Area Council ), and Camp Carver ( Istrouma Area Council ).

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