- Marie Laveau (song)
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"Marie Laveau" Single by Bobby Bare from the album Bobby Bare Sings Lullabys, Legends and Lies B-side "Mermaid" Released April 1974 Genre Country Length 3:09 Label RCA Writer(s) Shel Silverstein Producer Bobby Bare
Bill RiceBobby Bare singles chronology "Daddy, What If"
(1974)"Marie Laveau"
(1974)"Where'd I Come From"
(1974)"Marie Laveau" is a 1974 live recording by Bobby Bare. "Marie Laveau" was Bobby Bare's thirty-fourth single to hit the country charts, which became his only number one. It was written by Shel Silverstein. "Marie Laveau" went to number one for a single week and spent a total of eighteen weeks on the country charts.[1]
The song is about a fictitious witch who lived in a Louisiana bayou swamp, having the same name as the famous New Orleans voodoo priestess who is approached by a scoundrel, "Handsome Jack". Jack asks Marie to conjure up $1,000,000; in exchange, Jack will then marry Marie. Marie conjures up the money, but Jack backs out on his end of the deal, resulting in Marie casting a spell on Jack in revenge.
Chart performance
Chart (1974) Peak
positionU.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles 1 Canadian RPM Country Tracks 1 References
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 40.
Preceded by
"He Thinks I Still Care"
by Anne MurrayBillboard Hot Country Singles
number-one single
July 20, 1974Succeeded by
"You Can't Be a Beacon If Your Light Don't Shine"
by Donna FargoPreceded by
"They Don't Make 'em Like My Daddy"
by Loretta LynnRPM Country Tracks
number-one single
August 3, 1974Succeeded by
"As Soon as I Hang Up the Phone"
by Conway Twitty and Loretta LynnShel Silverstein Books Uncle Shelby's ABZ Book · Lafcadio: The Lion Who Shot Back · The Giving Tree · Don't Bump the Glump!: and Other Fantasies · The Missing Piece · Runny BabbitPoem collections Albums Songs "25 Minutes to Go" · "The Mermaid" · "The Unicorn" · "A Boy Named Sue" · "One's on the Way" · "Sylvia's Mother" · "The Cover of the Rolling Stone" · "Marie Laveau" · "The Ballad of Lucy Jordan"Categories:- 1974 singles
- Bobby Bare songs
- Billboard Hot Country Songs number-one singles
- RPM Country Tracks number-one singles
- Songs written by Shel Silverstein
- 1970s country song stubs
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