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Cookie & The Cupcakes
Artist Biography For Cookie & The Cupcakes
Cookie An The Cupcakes Originally Started As The Boogie Ramblers Led By Shelton Dunaway. Huey "Cookie" Thierry Roanoke Louisiana August 16 1936 – September 23 1997 Lake Charles Louisiana Joined The Band In 1952 And Shared Lead Vocals And Tenor Sax With Dunaway. Other Original Members Were Sidney "Hot Rod" Reynaud Tenor Sax Marshall Laday Or LeDee Guitar Ernest Jacobs Piano Joe "Blue" Landry Bass And Ivory Jackson Drums . The Band Was Based In Lake Charles Louisiana. They Started Playing In 1953 As The House Band At The Moulin Rouge Club In Lake Charles LA. In 1955 The Boogie Ramblers Released "Cindy Lou" And "Such As Love" On Goldband Records. They Became A Popular Regional Live Act And Toured With Big Names Like Jerry Lee Lewis And Fats Domino. In 1956 Cookie Began Being The Band's Front Man And The Name Of The Band Was Changed To "Cookie And The Boogie Ramblers." Soon After The Band Was Changed To Its Final Name After Hearing It Shouted In Jest From An Audience. In 1957 They Recorded Their Signature Song 'Mathilda' For Judd Records. After Initial Struggles To Get The Song Recorded They Were Able To Use KAOK's Studio. The Record Rose To #47 On The Billboard Pop Chart In Early 1959 And Is Regarded As The Unofficial Anthem Of The Swamp Pop Genre. They Followed Up With A Number Of Highly Regarded But Less Commercially Successful Singles In The Early 1960s Including "Belinda" "Betty And Dupree" And "Got You On My Mind" The Latter Reached The Billboards Hot 100 In May 1963.
In August 1965 Thierry Moved To Los Angeles Leaving The Cupcakes To Continue Without Him. Cookie Was Replaced As Lead Singer By "Little Alfred" Or "Lil' Alfred" Babino January 5 1944 Lake Charles – November 14 2006 . With Ernest Jacobs As Bandleader The Group Continued For Several Years But Dispersed In The Early 1970s.
Thierry Was Rediscovered In The 1990s And Played At Occasional Blues Festivals Reunited With The Rest Of The Band Until His Death In 1997. Thereafter The Band Led By Lil' Alfred Continued To Perform At Clubs In Louisiana And Southeast Texas. Babino Died At His Residence In Lake Charles In 2006.
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Biography - Cookie & The Cupcakes
Cookie An The Cupcakes Originally Started As The Boogie Ramblers Led By Shelton Dunaway. Huey "Cookie" Thierry Roanoke Louisiana August 16 1936 – September 23 1997 Lake Charles Louisiana Joined The Band In 1952 And Shared Lead Vocals And Tenor Sax With Dunaway. Other Original Members Were Sidney "Hot Rod" Reynaud Tenor Sax Marshall Laday Or LeDee Guitar Ernest Jacobs Piano Joe "Blue" Landry Bass And Ivory Jackson Drums . The Band Was Based In Lake Charles Louisiana. They Started Playing In 1953 As The House Band At The Moulin Rouge Club In Lake Charles LA. In 1955 The Boogie Ramblers Released "Cindy Lou" And "Such As Love" On Goldband Records. They Became A Popular Regional Live Act And Toured With Big Names Like Jerry Lee Lewis And Fats Domino. In 1956 Cookie Began Being The Band's Front Man And The Name Of The Band Was Changed To "Cookie And The Boogie Ramblers." Soon After The Band Was Changed To Its Final Name After Hearing It Shouted In Jest From An Audience. In 1957 They Recorded Their Signature Song 'Mathilda' For Judd Records. After Initial Struggles To Get The Song Recorded They Were Able To Use KAOK's Studio. The Record Rose To #47 On The Billboard Pop Chart In Early 1959 And Is Regarded As The Unofficial Anthem Of The Swamp Pop Genre. They Followed Up With A Number Of Highly Regarded But Less Commercially Successful Singles In The Early 1960s Including "Belinda" "Betty And Dupree" And "Got You On My Mind" The Latter Reached The Billboards Hot 100 In May 1963.
In August 1965 Thierry Moved To Los Angeles Leaving The Cupcakes To Continue Without Him. Cookie Was Replaced As Lead Singer By "Little Alfred" Or "Lil' Alfred" Babino January 5 1944 Lake Charles – November 14 2006 . With Ernest Jacobs As Bandleader The Group Continued For Several Years But Dispersed In The Early 1970s.
Thierry Was Rediscovered In The 1990s And Played At Occasional Blues Festivals Reunited With The Rest Of The Band Until His Death In 1997. Thereafter The Band Led By Lil' Alfred Continued To Perform At Clubs In Louisiana And Southeast Texas. Babino Died At His Residence In Lake Charles In 2006. read less
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In August 1965 Thierry Moved To Los Angeles Leaving The Cupcakes To Continue Without Him. Cookie Was Replaced As Lead Singer By "Little Alfred" Or "Lil' Alfred" Babino January 5 1944 Lake Charles – November 14 2006 . With Ernest Jacobs As Bandleader The Group Continued For Several Years But Dispersed In The Early 1970s.
Thierry Was Rediscovered In The 1990s And Played At Occasional Blues Festivals Reunited With The Rest Of The Band Until His Death In 1997. Thereafter The Band Led By Lil' Alfred Continued To Perform At Clubs In Louisiana And Southeast Texas. Babino Died At His Residence In Lake Charles In 2006. read less
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