Artist	Song
The Meters	Fire On the Bayou
from Fire On the Bayou (2005)
Allen Toussaint	What Do You Want the Girl to Do?
from The Complete Warner Recordings (2005)
Eddie Bo	Ain't It the Truth
from Carnival Time - The Best of Ric Records, Vol. 1 (1988)
Irma Thomas	Don't Mess With My Man
from City of Dreams: A Collection of New Orleans Music (2007)
Fats Domino	Jambalaya (On the Bayou)
from The Fats Domino Jukebox: 20 Greatest Hits (2002)
Roy Montrell	(Every Time I Hear) That Mellow Saxophone
from Mardi Gras Blues (2009)
The Wild Tchoupitoulas	Brother John
from The Wild Tchoupitoulas (1991)
Al Johnson	Carnival Time
from A Celebration of New Orleans Music to Benefit the MusiCares Hurricane Relief 2005 (2005)
Ernie K-Doe	T'aint It The Truth
from Burn! K-Doe! Burn! (2006)
Leona Buckles	I'm Waiting (To Give You My Love)
from New Orleans Ladies (1988)
Bennie Spellman	Slow Down Baby
from New Orleans Soul 60's (2008)
Guitar Slim	Sufferin' Mind
from Sufferin' Mind (2006)
Tommy Ridgely	Jam Up
from 1950's Hits & Highlights, Vol. 6 (2010)
Professor Longhair	Tipitina
from Atlantic Top 60: R&B Grooves (2007)
King Floyd	Baby Let Me Kiss You
from Choice Cuts (1994)
Paul Gayten Trio	Hey, Little Girl
from Roy Milton's Miltone Records Story (2008)
Martha Nelson (Carter)	I Don't Talk Too Much
from New Orleans Ladies (1988)
Chris Kenner	Something You Got (LP Version)
from Land of 1,000 Dances (2005)
James Booker	Lawdy Miss Clawdy
from A Celebration of New Orleans Music to Benefit the MusiCares Hurricane Relief 2005 (2005)
Dell Stewart	Mr. Credit Man
from New Orleans Soul 60's (2008)
Earl King	Always a First Time
from Come On: The Complete Imperial Recordings (2003)
Al Johnson	Lena
from Carnival Time - The Best of Ric Records, Vol. 1 (1988)
Johnny Adams	Part of Me
from New Orleans Soul 60's (2008)
Art Neville	Hook, Line and Sinker
from Art Neville Original Hits (2006)
Martha Carter	You Shall Not Be Moved
from New Orleans Ladies (1988)

Comment:

Even though New Orleans R&B came to encompass everything from the Meters’ sharp-shooting ’70s funk to the bluesy bends of Earl King’s six-string, its primary building blocks were the great piano-pounders. Professor Longhair’s whoopin’, wailin’ “Tipitina” is practically the “Star-Spangled Banner” of New Orleans, and Fats Domino shows that even a Nashville tune can take a New Orleans twist when he tackles Hank Williams’ gumbo-gobblin’ “Jambalaya (On the Bayou).” And James Booker was one of the most strikingly original ivory-ticklers ever to tumble out of the Big Easy, but he stays true to his roots by revisiting Lloyd Price’s 1952 R&B phenomenon “Lawdy Miss Clawdy.”

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