The Carpenters | Jambalaya: On The Bayou (1974)

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The Carpenters | Jambalaya: On The Bayou (1974)

"Jambalaya (On the Bayou)" is a song written and recorded by American country music singer Hank Williams that was first released in July 1952. It is Williams' most recorded song. Named for a Creole and Cajun dish, jambalaya, it spawned numerous recordings and has since achieved popularity in several different music genres.

The Carpenters featured the song, in an uptempo pop version with country flourishes, on their 1973 album Now & Then.

Their version was released as a single outside the United States in 1974 and sold well in the UK (peaking at number 12 in the charts) and Japan. It also became the only charting single for Carpenters in Austria peaking at #8.

On the New Zealand listener charts it reached number 13.

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