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Forbes
10-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Forbes
The Rolling Stones Earns A Debut Top 10 Hit On A Billboard Chart
The Rolling Stones' 'Zydeco Sont Pas Sales' debuts at No. 10 on Billboard's World Digital Song Sales ... More chart, earning the band its first hit on the tally. NEW YORK, NEW YORK - OCTOBER 19: (Exclusive Coverage) Ronnie Wood, Mick Jagger and Keith Richards backstage before The Rolling Stones surprise set in celebration of their new album 'Hackney Diamonds' at Racket NYC on October 19, 2023 in New York City. (Photo byfor RS) Typically, whenever the Rolling Stones release new music, it's a huge deal, and millions of people all around the world pay attention. The band's last album Hackney Diamonds was introduced with a press conference in London, and the full-length went on to reach lofty positions on major charts worldwide, ultimately earning the group a new Grammy for Best Rock Album. Occasionally, however, the Rolling Stones will share something new without making a big to-do about it. The rockers recently delivered a new single, which went largely unnoticed — except by those closely following the band's output. This week, that track earns the group a new top 10 hit in the United States. 'Zydeco Sont Pas Sales' Debuts Inside the Top 10 The Rolling Stones launch 'Zydeco Sont Pas Sales' on the World Digital Song Sales chart this frame. The track arrives at No. 10 on the purchase-centric roster. While that may be the last spot on the tally, its arrival grants the Rolling Stones a debut hit on Billboard's ranking of the bestselling international tunes in the U.S. The Rolling Stones Team Up with Steve Riley 'Zydeco Sont Pas Sales' is credited as a collaboration, which is relatively uncommon for the Rolling Stones. The band is joined by accordionist Steve Riley on the cut. Mick Jagger plays the harmonica and sings in French, which is what qualifies the composition for inclusion on the World Digital Song Sales chart, instead of other tallies in America. The Rolling Stones Honor Zydeco Music For decades, Riley has been the frontman of Steve Riley and the Mamou Playboys, a Grammy-nominated band that is keeping traditional music from the American South alive. 'Zydeco Sont Pas Sales' was recorded for the album Tribute to the King of Zydeco, which features contributions from artists like Steve Earle, Lucinda Williams, Jimmie Vaughan, Molly Tuttle, and, of course, the Rolling Stones, among other musicians who love the genre, which was born in Louisiana. Tribute to the King of Zydeco Debuts on the Billboard Charts This week, Tribute to the King of Zydeco arrives on a pair of Billboard charts. The full-length opens at No. 1 on the Compilation Albums list and No. 8 on the Blues Albums tally. None of the musicians are credited as lead acts on the project, so the effort does not count toward the overall charting discographies of names like the Rolling Stones.
Bangkok Post
01-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Bangkok Post
Remembering the King of Zydeco
Music fans celebrated the 100th anniversary of the birth of the King of Zydeco, Clifton Chenier, late last month. Chenier (June 25, 1925 -- December 12, 1987) was a pioneering musician from Opelousas, Southwest Louisiana who helped create zydeco music, a genre sung in French creole (his first language) that came out of the Creole traditions of the region, spliced with blues, R&B and Cajun music. Zydeco, which takes its name from an Anglicisation of the French word haricot (snap beans) -- most famously in Chenier's genre-defining hit, Zydeco Sont Pas Sales -- is the music of black communities in Louisiana and parts of Texas. It is based on the accordion, a rubboard (or frottoir) and drums, while Cajun is the music of French settlers. Last week, The Rolling Stones released a limited edition vinyl 7" single, with their version of Chenier's signature tune, Zydeco Sont Pas Sales on one side, and Chenier's original recording on the flip side. The single is part of Box set, King Of Louisiana Blues And Zydeco, which features his seminal recordings from 1954 to 1983. The box set is available in 4-CD or 6-LP vinyl set (a whopping 67 tracks) with an illustrated 160-page booklet that includes an essay by radio DJ Nick Spitzer and an interview with Chenier's son, and musician CJ Chenier. The tribute compilation released on the Smithsonian Folkways label which acquired Arhoolie, an independent folk and blues based label found by Chris Strachwitz (his 1965 recordings of a live session are included in the album's line-up and the version of Zydeco Sont Pas Sales on the 7" single is from this session), in 2016. For more information on this new release plus events being held to celebrate Chenier's life and career, head on over to The music video of The Rolling Stones cover is already online, so you can check out and hear Mick Jagger sing in French creole (he also adds R&B harmonica) on a track that doesn't attempt to recreate an authentic cover. Instead, it gives Chenier's song the Stones treatment -- a sort of rock and roll version. Reports say that Jagger has been a fan of the genre since he saw Chenier perform in the mid-1960s. Born into a musical family, he accompanied his father playing at 'Saturday night fish fry' dances. His father played the diatonic or button accordion (as did all zydeco players initially before migrating to the full chromatic accordion) and his uncle played fiddle. He absorbed blues from Muddy Waters and Lightin' Hopkins, as well as zydeco (and La-La, the genre before zydeco emerged) creole musicians like Sidney Babineaux. He began playing the accordion around 1947. The period just after WWII brought great musical change -- R&B was being created in New Orleans by pioneers like Professor Longhair and in Chicago (harmonica led), Kansas City and Los Angeles (saxophone led) and this fed into Chenier's music, so that in addition to the zydeco two-step songs he performed (when instruments like the accordion and harmonica arrived with German immigrants, the local Creole population was quick to adapt the instrument and some of the songs, as did Latin musicians as they developed Tex-Mex music (think of Flaco Jimenez). As a result, Chenier became a master of adapting his music to the audience he was performing for -- his R&B and soul-tinged songs maintained his popularity throughout his career. When I DJ an R&B and soul night I always spin a few two-steps and zydeco R&B tracks to perk up the dancefloor (zydeco is highly infectious). My current favourite is a 1976 Chenier track, Ti Na Na. Kudos to the Smithsonian for releasing a tribute to one of the USA's great musical pioneers. Long may it continue. Finally, World Beat salutes the incredible career of Argentine jazz pianist and movie soundtrack maestro Lalo Shifrin, who died last week aged 93. It was the late music collector Alfred Pawlin, of Visual Dhamma Gallery, who alerted me to the amazing career of this master composer. You all know the first few notes of the Mission Impossible TV theme -- and I'll bet you can summon it effortlessly from your musical memory. You might forget where you left your house keys but not the Mission Impossible tune! This is just a partial list of his movie scores: Cool Hand Luke, Bullitt, Enter The Dragon, The Eagle Has Landed, Amityville Horror, the Dirty Harry films (a collaboration with Clint Eastwood) and many more.
