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. 
==Links to Peel==
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.
==Shows Played==
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*21 March 1970: Sugar Bee (7") Goldband
*16 May 1970: Sugar Bee (single) Goldband
;1973
*05 July 1973: Sugar Bee (single, 1960) Goldband
;1979
*27 November 1979: Sugar Bee (7") Goldband
;1980
*19 February 1980: Midnight Blues (LP – Cleveland Crochet & The Sugar Bees, Classic Cajun)
*26 February 1980: Hound Dog Baby
;1982
*07 March 1982 (BFBS): Sugar Bee (7") Goldband
;1984
*19 July 1984: Sugar Bee
;1988
*13 July 1988: Sugar Bee
;1994
*22 January 1994: Sugar Bee Compilation (v/a LP - Eddie's House Of Hits) Ace
*29 January 1994 (BFBS): Sugar Bee (album - Southern Saturday Night)
;1998
*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
*22 January 1999 (BBC World Service): Sugar Bee (v/a album - The Golden Age Of American Rock 'n' Roll Volume 7) Ace
;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)
==External Links==
*AllMusic
*Discogs
Category:Artists