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Lennie LaCour

voc, *1932 US
Singer / Songwriter / Producer of Rock
A.k.a. Leonard James LaCour, Sr. King Creole (3) The Big Rocker

American recording artist, songwriter, arranger, producer, and label owner. Born on 27 April 1932 in Bayou Brevelle, Louisiana. Moved to Chicago in 1950. From 1954-1958 LaCour scored several hits, including the rockabilly single Rockin' Rosalie / Old Fish, which was released on Academy (4) Records in 1957. LaCour also produced the Eddy Bell & The Belairs hit The Masked Man (Hi Yo Silver) / Anytime for Mercury. In the late 1950s he released several singles under the alias The Big Rocker, his biggest hit being "Rock 'N Roll Romance", which was given away free with six-pack cartons of Orange Crush soda in 1956. He also produced other groups such as The Swinging Hearts. LaCour founded his first label, the Chicago-based Lucky Four in 1960, where he served as songwriter, arranger, producer, and main artist. In 1964 LaCour briefly moved to Milwaukee and founded the labels Magic Touch Records and Dynamic Sound (2), moving back to Chicago in 1970. He discovered and produced Harvey Scales. He also produced Filet Of Soul (3), mixing their psychedelic sound with soul music. He was known as King Creole, which LaCour claims was the inspiration for the Elvis Presley film of the same name.

Genres

• Rock
• R&B/Soul
• Blues
• Country
• Jazz

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