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label
  • Clifton Chenier
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name
  • Clifton Chenier
gender
  • Male
dbo:genre
dbo:associatedMusicalArtist
  • C._J._Chenier
  • Rod_Bernard
Subject
  • African-American musicians
  • Grammy Award winners
  • 20th-century American singers
  • Blues Hall of Fame inductees
  • American blues singers
  • 1925 births
  • 1987 deaths
  • American accordionists
  • American amputees
  • Bell Records artists
  • Charly Records artists
  • Deaths from diabetes
  • Deaths from renal failure
  • Imperial Records artists
  • Louisiana Creole people
  • Musicians from Louisiana
  • National Heritage Fellowship winners
  • Specialty Records artists
  • Zydeco accordionists
  • Tear Drop Records artists
  • Disease-related deaths in Louisiana
  • People from Opelousas, Louisiana
abstract
  • American/Creole zydeco accordionist, singer, and songwriter. He won a Grammy Award for Best Ethnic or Traditional Folk Recording in 1983 for %22I'm Here%22 and %22Bogalusa Boogie%22 was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2011. He was posthumously inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame in 1989. Father of C.J. Chenier. Brother of Cleveland Chenier.b. June 25, 1925 (Opelousas, LA, USA)d. December 12, 1987 (Lafayette, LA, USA)
dbo:abstract
  • Clifton Chenier (June 25, 1925 – December 12, 1987), a Louisiana French-speaking native of Opelousas, Louisiana, was an eminent performer and recording artist of Zydeco, which arose from Cajun and Creole music, with R&B, jazz, and blues influences. He played the accordion and won a Grammy Award in 1983. In 1984 he was honored as a National Heritage Fellow. He was inducted posthumously into the Blues Hall of Fame in 1989, and the Louisiana Music Hall of Fame in 2011. In 2014, he was a Grammy recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award.He was known as the 'King of Zydeco', and also billed as the 'King of the South'.
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  • Chenier
  • C Chenier
  • C. Chenier
  • C.Chenier
  • Clifton Chernier
discogs
musicbrainz
Musicbrainz GUID
  • db1a3066-1586-495d-a09c-1312cabab5be
universally unique identifier
  • 56d813b953a7ddfc01f92775
wikipedia
schema:birthDate
  • 1925-06-25
schema:deathDate
  • 1987-12-12
wsb:allMusic_page
wsb:amazon_page
wsb:deezer_artist_id
  • 12720
wsb:deezer_fans
wsb:deezer_page
wsb:discogs_id
  • 483697
wsb:iTunes_page
wsb:location
wsb:name_without_accent
  • Clifton Chenier
wsb:record_label
  • Arhoolie Records
wsb:spotify_page
wsb:wikia_page
wsb:wikidata_page
schema:genre
  • Cajun
  • R&B
  • Zydeco
  • Swamp Blues
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