In October 1958, Rod and his band, the Twisters, recorded the song which originated with the Guitar Gable band and vocalist King Karl though not yet recorded by them. Sounds like the all-too-familiar scenario of the white cover version getting the cream. White cajun boy Rod Bernard’s was the version to hit the charts and the one that has lasted through the years. * The song was written and recorded by black swamp pop artist, King Karl (real name Bernard Jolivette). It’s widely regarded as a swamp classic and yet there are a number of oddities about the record: Rod Bernard’s This Should Go On Forever was one of only a handful of swamp pop records to hit the US Pop Chart (or Billboard to be more precise) in that all-too-brief period of public interest in the genre running from, say, 1958 to 1963. ROD BERNARD – AND AN INTRODUCTION TO THE WONDERS OF SWAMP POP Tracks on this list are by Rod Bernard unless otherwise stated (in brackets) Track
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