"Louisiana Man" is a song originally written and recorded by American country artist

Doug Kershaw Douglas James Kershaw (born January 24, 1936) is an American fiddle player, singer and songwriter from Louisiana. Active since 1948, he began his career as part of the duo Rusty and Doug, along with his brother, Rusty Kershaw. He had an extens ...

in 1961. It peaked at #10 that year on the ''

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chart when Kershaw and his brother released it as

Rusty and Doug Rusty & Doug were a country music and cajun music duo composed of Doug Kershaw (born January 24, 1936) and his younger brother, Rusty Kershaw (February 2, 1938 – October 23, 2001). The two recorded for Hickory Records between 1955 and 1961, ...

. In 1970 American country music artist

Connie Smith Connie Smith (born Constance June Meador; August 14, 1941) is an American country music singer and songwriter. Her contralto vocals have been described by music writers as significant and influential to the women of country music. A similarity h ...

reached #14 with a cover version. The single spawned the release of her 1970 studio album ''

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'', on which the song was included. The song was recorded as a single by

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in 1966 and was planned to be released on their album ''Carnival of Sound'' in 1968. That was not released until 2010. Other versions were recorded as an album track that year by

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, and

Gene Pitney Gene Francis Alan Pitney (February 17, 1940 – April 5, 2006) was an American singer-songwriter and musician. Pitney charted 16 top-40 hits in the United States, four in the top ten. In the United Kingdom, he had 22 top-40 hit singles, inclu ...

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covered the song on a 1968 single.

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recorded it on their 1967 album

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. It was also recorded by

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. The song is repeatedly mentioned in the chorus of the

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song " If You're Gonna Play in Texas (You Gotta Have a Fiddle in the Band)".

References

1961 singles Rusty and Doug songs Doug Kershaw songs 1970 singles Connie Smith songs Song recordings produced by Bob Ferguson (musician) Jan and Dean songs {{1960s-single-stub