Meaux, Huey, papers, 1940-1994.

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Meaux, Huey, papers, 1940-1994.

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Business records, promotional materials, correspondence, clippings, legal records, photographic materials, financial records and sheet music relate to the music industry. Records document the operation of Sugar Hill Studios, Don Robey's Duke/Peacock record label and the career of music producer Huey P. Meaux, including his record label Crazy Cajun, his business relationships with such notable musicians as Freddie Fender and his Houston radio show as the Crazy Cajun. Also included is correspondence with his wife, Hilda, his two daughters and his adopted son.

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Meaux, Hilda.

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Fender, Freddie

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Duke-Peacock Records.

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Crazy Cajun Records.

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Meaux, Huey P., 1929-

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Huey Meaux was born near Kaplan, Louisiana to Cajun parents who worked as sharecroppers. At age twelve he and his family moved to Winnie, Texas. In his twenties, he worked as a barber and then made the move to the music business. He hosted the Crazy Cajun radio program on KPFT-FM in Houston, began the Crazy Cajun record label and Sugar Hill Studios and became the biggest hitmaker in Texas and Louisiana. Artists whom he promoted and recorded include Freddie Fender, Lightnin' Hopkins, Ronnie Milsa...

Sugar Hill Studios.

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Robey, Don D., 1903-1975

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