Who sings "Matilda"?

Van Broussard.

matilda

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Van Broussard.

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That sounds like the group I'm talking about even though it's a live version in your link.

I was thinking it was a much older song. I always suspected it was Fats Domino around the 1960's, but google said no way.

cookie and the cupcakes originally recorded mathilda.

however, the song was supposed to be called "but still i cried for you". when they played it back, it sounded more like "mathilda i cried for you". so, cookie stuck with it and made two hits out of it:


1- "mathilda"
2- "mathilda's finally come back home"

you can youtube both of them

Louisiana's Cookie and the Cupcakes did the original about 1961 or so. They had another hit the next year. "Got You On My Mind". They were real good. I heard them in the late 60"s when I was a teenager and playing in bands[which I did for 25 years]. Van Brousard covered these songs on albums and maybe a single and did a good job on them and many other La. songs. Cookie had one real good album about '61 that had a lot of good songs on it. They still play at some casinos but are not good now, the horn section that was very good,second only to the Boogie Kings, is not the same guys, probably too old now. If I'm 59 ,they have to be about 70. Fats Domino covered their 2 songs in the early years, he did well on them too, but, are not the originals.