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James Floyd Soileau
Born
(1938-11-02) November 2, 1938 (age 85) Ville Platte, Louisiana, U.S.
Genres
Cajun, country, swamp blues, swamp pop, zydeco
Occupation(s)
Record producer
Years active
1950s–present
Labels
Flat Town Music Company, Big Mamou, Vee-Pee, Swallow, Jin, Maison de Soul, Kom-a-day, ZBC, Home Cooking, La Louisian[1]
James Floyd Soileau (born November 2, 1938) is an American record producer.
^Hannusch, Jeff (September 17, 1988). "Flattown Music Finds Favor with Cajun Sound Mix". Billboard. 100 (38): 39 – via ProQuest Music Periodicals Database.
James FloydSoileau (born November 2, 1938) is an American record producer. Soileau was born in Faubourg, a small community between Ville Platte and Washington...
Ville Platte, Louisiana by FloydSoileau and remains under his ownership. It is one of four record labels under Soileau's Flat Town Music Company umbrella...
made and distributed. One of the most successful label owners was FloydSoileau. Soileau started as a local DJ in Ville Platte, Louisiana in the mid-1950s...
Cajun music is well documented by regional records producers such as FloydSoileau (Swallow), J.D. Miller (Feature, Fais Do-Do), Eddie Shuler (Goldband)...
a recording session. Lachney then took Ledet to FloydSoileau, of the Maison de Soul label. Soileau also was impressed and gave Lachney a contract to...
addition, they released recordings on local record labels, such as FloydSoileau's Jin label of Ville Platte, Eddie Shuler's Goldband of Lake Charles...
cinematographer; director FloydSoileau (born 1938), record producer Jennifer Soileau (born 1975), former professional soccer player Leo Soileau (1904–1980), fiddler...
Leo Soileau (January 19, 1904 – August 2, 1980) was one of the most prolific Cajun recording artists of the 1930s and 1940s, recording over 100 songs...
Chavis was notoriously afraid of flying. He told record producer FloydSoileau that if Soileau wanted him to fly to performances, he'd have to get him drunk...
released its first self-titled album on the Jin label and recorded at FloydSoileau's studio in Ville Platte, Louisiana. During this time, the band was provided...
release. One thousand copies were pressed at Floyd's Records in Ville Platte, Louisiana (see FloydSoileau). In 1980 Bas Clas recorded at Studio in the...
(whose liner notes included an approving endorsement by record producer FloydSoileau, who is Cajun) was a commercial success. Their third album, Chank-a-Chank...
FloydFest is a Music and arts festival held annually near Floyd, Virginia, in the Blue Ridge Mountains The event began in 2002, and spans five days each...
intention of releasing the song, he asked Karl if he could record it for FloydSoileau's newly formed Jin label of Ville Platte, Louisiana. Karl approved, and...
McGee D.L. Menard Walter Mouton Austin Pitre Belton Richard Aldus Roger FloydSoileau Lawrence Walker The CFMA makes LeCajun awards each year for Band of...
his group recorded the sultry ballad "This Should Go On Forever" for FloydSoileau's Jin label of Ville Platte, Louisiana. Leased to Argo Records of Chicago...
Bad Roads' bona fide frontman. In August 1966, the Bad Roads entered FloydSoileau's studio in Ville Platte to record two originals "Blue Girl" and "Too...
released its first single, 'A Place In Your Heart' in 1977 on legendary FloydSoileau's One Way Records, expanding recognition regionally. Founding the independent...
(January 25, 2012). "Lana Del Rey's Boy Toy in 'Born to Die' – Meet Bradley Soileau". Billboard. Berman, Judy (June 15, 2017). "Lana Del Rey's Persona Evolution...
Reader's History. Univ. Press of Mississippi. p. 73. ISBN 978-1-60473-321-1. Soileau, Mike (November 28, 2011). "'Swamp People' Star Troy Landry's Life Changes...
1970) January 18 – Cary Grant, English actor (died 1986) January 19 – Leo Soileau, American Cajun musician (died 1980) January 21 – Edris Rice-Wray Carson...
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