Rosie Ledet

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Name = Rosie Ledet

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Img_capt = Rosie Ledet at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, 2004
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Background = solo_singer
Birth_name = Mary Roszela Bellard
Alias = The Zydeco Sweetheart
Born = October 25 1971
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Origin = Church Point, Louisiana
Instrument = vocals, accordion
Genre = Zydeco
Occupation = musician, singer, songwriter
Years_active = 1994-present
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URL = [http://www.rosieledet.com/ rosieledet.com]
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Rosie Ledet (born October 25 1971, Mary Roszela Bellard in Church Point, Louisiana, USA) is a Creole Zydeco accordion player and singer.

Raised in rural Louisiana, she listened to rock music in her youth. Although she was in an environment where zydeco was heard, she took little interest in the music at the time. It was when she was sixteen that she first got fascinated with zydeco music. She attended a zydeco dance at Richard's, a famous zydeco club in Lawtell, Louisiana, and saw Boozoo Chavis play which got her started to learning the music. At this dance, she also met Morris Ledet, her husband to be.

She learned the accordion watching Morris play. When he heard her, he stepped aside allowing her the spotlight, and became her accompanist on the bass guitar.Morris, then brought rosie to his producer, Mike Lachney,a/k/a DJ BAD WEATHER (veteran zydeco producer). Mike was so impressed, that he quickly set up a recording session. Mike then took Rosie to Floyd Soileau, of Maison De Soul label. Floyd also was impressed and gave Mike a contract to produce five albums on Rosie. She started playing around Louisiana and Texas in 1994. The same year, she released her debut album "Sweet Brown Sugar" on Maison De Soul label.

She is a young female zydeco accordion player famous in the genre for her sultry and suggestive lyrics. She continues to tour and record with her band the Zydeco Playboys.

Discography

*1994 "Sweet Brown Sugar" (Maison de Soul)
*1995 "Zesty Zydeco" (Maison de Soul)
*1997 "Zydeco Sensation" (Maison de Soul)
*1999 "I'm a Woman" (Maison de Soul)
*2000 "It's a Groove Thing!" (Maison de Soul)
*2001 "Show Me Something" (Maison de Soul)
*2003 "Now's the Time" (Maison de Soul)
*2005 "Pick It Up" (Maison de Soul)

External links

* [http://www.rosieledet.com/ Official website]
* [http://www.lsue.edu/acadgate/music/rledet.htm Pick It Up: Rosie Ledet LSU Eunice website]
* [http://www.piedmonttalent.com/bios.cfm?ID=11 Biography on Piedmont Talent]
* [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:hxfqxqlgldae~T1 Biography on AMG]
* [http://www.djbadweather.com/ Rosie Ledet first record producer]