Pierre Dewey LaFontaine Jr. (July 3, 1930 – August 6, 2016), known professionally as Pete Fountain, was an American jazz clarinetist. == Early life and education == LaFontaine was born to Pierre, Sr. and Madeline, in a small Creole cottage-style frame house on White Street (between Dumaine Street and St. Ann Street) in New Orleans. Pete was the great-grandson of a French immigrant, François Fontaine, who was born in Toulon, circa 1796, and came to the U.S. in the early... [more on Wikipedia]
Top songs: #1: Yes Indeed - #2: Mae - #3: A Closer Walk - #4: Les Bicyclettes de Belsize - #5: Thoroughly Modern Millie| Date | Title | Points | Charts Peaks | Links | Comment | |||
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| 1. | 1960 | Pete Fountain's New Orleans | 6 | MP3 | ||||
| 1. | 02/1960 | 6 | US 93 | MP3 | [Coral 9-62154] written by traditional | |||
| 2. | 1964 | Licorice Stick | 3 | MP3 | ||||
| 1. | 07/1964 | 3 | US 115 | MP3 | instrumental [Coral 62413] written by Charles "Bud" Dant, Owen Bradley & Pete Fountain | |||
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