"My Toot Toot" Rockin' Sidney

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his big moment came in 1984 when toot toot made him internationally known. sidney wrote song, , released on maison de soul records label in ville platte, louisiana. in october 1984, included tune on third album, zydeco shoes got zydeco blues. recorded entire album @ home studio in lake charles, , played instruments himself. in january 1985, toot toot released single in louisiana , texas, , became first true regional hit. cleon floyd, manager of r&b singer (and uncle to) king floyd, became huge new orleans hit. floyd first heard crowd s reaction song @ bill headlined solomon burke. cleon president of orleans street jocks association , took twenty copies of record city; had order more. mardi gras, jukebox , record hop smash.


huey meaux got original leased epic records (a division of columbia records), released nationally, , brief moment rockin sidney made musical history. epic managed rockin sidney country top 40 stayed 18 weeks. later year, toot toot certified platinum , won grammy award. toot toot became national , international million-selling phenomenon.


sidney featured in people magazine, rolling stone, billboard , music city news , appeared on numerous national tv shows, including nashville now, church street station, hee haw, austin city limits, john fogerty s showtime special, new country , charlie daniels jam. guest celebrity on can star. toot toot played in motion pictures hard luck, 1 cop, , big easy.


toot toot has been covered many artists including fats domino, rosie ledet, jean knight, terrance simien, doug kershaw, denise lasalle, jimmy c. newman , john fogerty. spanish version la sonora dinamita titled mi cucu sold on million copies in mexico, central america, , south america. german beer company licensed use in radio , television commercials. german cover version mein tuut tuut leinemann reached no. 15 on german charts in 1985. on 20 years after toot toot debuted, continued draw royalties commercial use in europe, , cover versions in several languages dozens of musicians.








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