Cajun Country Music of a Louisiana Man [Import]

Jimmy Newman | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (February 27, 2001)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Edsel Records UK
• ASIN: B0000248TE
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #443,989 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Cry, Cry Darling

2. Daydreamin'

3. Blue Darlin'

4. Let Me Stay In Your Arms

5. God Was So Good

6. I Thought I'd Fall In Love Again

7. Seasons Of My Heart

8. A Fallen Star

9. Come Back To Me

10. Last Night

11. Everybody's Dying For Love

12. Alligator Man

13. Bayou Talk

14. DJ For A Day

15. City Of The Angels

16. Back In Circulation

17. Artificial Rose

18. Back Pocket Money

19. Dropping Out Of Sight

20. Louisiana Saturday Night

See all 24 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars 1960's Decca Recordings, August 15, 2003

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Darrin Warren (Osburn, Idaho) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Cajun Country Music of a Louisiana Man (Audio CD)

A member of the Grand Ole Opry for well over 40 years. Jimmy C Newman has had a long string of hits. This collection features the many hits Jimmy had with Decca records. "DJ for a Day" from 1963 was a song by a then unknown by the name of Tom T. Hall. This is the best single collection you will find on Jimmy C. Newman. The "C" stands for cajun. Good Collection!!!

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A fine selection from one of Nashville's great also-rans, February 13, 2004

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DJ Joe Sixpack (...in Middle America) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Cajun Country Music of a Louisiana Man (Audio CD)

A strong selection of Louisiana country hero Jimmy "C" Newman's hits from the late '50s and '60s, many laced with Cajun-style fiddles and a long Louisiana drawl. Newman worked in obscurity for about a decade before his breakthrough in the mid-1950s; his early hits were musically strong and fairly rough hewn; it's pretty remarkable, though -- and something of a testimony to the former power of regional fan bases -- that a guy with such a pronounced lisp could have done so well on the charts. On his mid-50s singles for the Dot label, Newman's slurred "s" and "st" almost constantly; although by the time he signed to Decca in '61, he'd smoothed his impediment out, along with some of the rougher, more honkytonk edges in his music. This is a pretty nice collection of a well-known Nashville second-stringer; Newman never topped the charts, but he snuck into the Top Ten consistently throughout his career.

The only downside of this disc is that none of his material on MGM (from 1958-60) is included, so there's an unfortunate gap of a few years... (Did he have a lisp then, too... or not??) Overall, though, this is a good collection for fans of hard country as well as the rootsier side of the Nashville Sound.

0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I hear Jimmy Newman on XM radio and want to order his CD's!, June 16, 2008

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Mty Girl (montgomery USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Cajun Country Music of a Louisiana Man (Audio CD)

I was listening to XM radio and heard the song, Aligator Man. I found out that this is old Cajun with old country added, sung by Jimmy Newman. I just love the sound, and now I am fixin' to place my order! Thank you, Amazon, for having it in stock!