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Cleveland Crochet

Cleveland Crochet (30 January 1919 - 28 November 2011) was an American fiddler, bandleader and the founder of his Hillbilly Ramblers backing group. The group released a 1961 song called Sugar Bee, which became the first Cajun song to reach the "Billboard Hot 100", Cleveland Crochet had never been financially compensated for the tune accusing Eddie Schuler (owner of the Gold Band record label) of stealing the copyright. The son of a Cajun musician, Crochet built his first fiddle out of a cigar box at the age of twelve. Although he continued to earn his living as an iron worker, until his retirement in 1970, Crochet became a regular at Cajun dances throughout eastern Texas and southwestern Louisiana. Together with the Hillbilly Ramblers, which he formed in the 1950s, Crochet played every Saturday night at the Shamrock and Moulin Rouge dance clubs in Lake Charles, Louisiana. Since his retirement, Crochet had limited his playing to informal jam sessions.

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Peel bought Cleveland Crochet's Sugar Bee single in America and mentioned on his 1st February 2001 show that it was popular on the WRR radio station, where he used to work in Dallas. After Peel's death in 2004, the single was later found to be in his record box.

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CLEVELAND CROCHET SUGAR BEE

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  • 05 March 1998: Sugar Bee (album - Cleveland Crochet And The Sugarbees) Goldband
  • 11 March 1998: Sugar Bee (album - Cleveland Crochet And The Sugarbees) Goldband
1999
2001
  • 01 February 2001: Sugar Bee (CD - Eddie's House of Hits: The Story of Goldband) Ace
2003
  • 03 April 2003: 'Sugar Bee (LP- Eddie's House Of Hits The Story Of Goldband)' (Ace)

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