What was the nickname of the original singer of Louisiana Saturday Night?
Louisiana Saturday Night "Louisiana Saturday Night" is a song written by Bob McDill and recorded by American country music artist, Mel McDaniel. It was released in March 1981 as the third single from McDaniel's 1980 album, "I'm Countryfied". The song was originally sung by Don Williams. The song is often mistakenly attributed to popular country music bands Alabama (band) and the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band. Adding to the confusion, Tom. T Hall wrote an earlier, unrelated song by the same name. Hall's "Louisiana Saturday Night" was recorded by Mamou, Louisiana's Jimmy C. Newman in 1967.
Larry Williams Lawrence Eugene Williams (May 10, 1935 – January 7, 1980) was an American rhythm and blues and rock and roll singer, songwriter, producer, and pianist from New Orleans, Louisiana. Williams is best known for writing and recording some rock and roll classics from 1957 to 1959 for Specialty Records, including "Bony Moronie", "Short Fat Fannie", "High School Dance" (1957), "Slow Down", "Dizzy, Miss Lizzy" (1958), "Bad Boy" and "She Said Yeah" (1959). John Lennon was a fan, and The Beatles and several other British Invasion groups recorded several of his songs.