Iry LeJune

Ira Joseph Lejune, *28-10-1928 Pointe Noire, Acadia Paish, LA, - +08-10-1955
by Henk Scholts, Thieu Van De Vorst
SESSIONS
1948 Houston, TX. - Iry LeJune with the Oklahoma Tornadoes (Iry LeJune [vcl/accordion], Floyd LeBlanc [fiddle] + unknown musicians)
001 RCO 630A LOVE BRIDGE WALTZ Opera 105/Goldband GLP 7741 GR-CD 7741 Ace CDCHD 428
002 RCO 631B EVANGELINE SPECIAL 105/GLP 7741 GR-CD 7741 CDCHD 428
1949 KAOK Radio Station, Lake Charles, LA. - Iry LeJune and his Lacassine Playboys (Iry LeJune [vcl/accordion], Eddie Shuler [gt], Duckhead Cormier [gt], Robert Bertrand [drums], Wilson Grainger [fiddle]. Producer: Eddie Shuler)
003 CALCASIEU WALTZ Folk Star F-100/GLP 7741 GR-CD 7741 CDCHD 428
004 LACASSINE SPECIAL F-100/GLP 7740 GR-CD 7741 CDCHD 428
005 TECHE SPECIAL F-101/GLP 7741 GR-CD 7741 CDCHD 428
006 TE MONE F-101/ GLP 7741 GR-CD 7741 CDCHD 428
1952 poss. Goldband Recording Srudio, 313 Church Street, Lake Charles, LA – Iry LeJune
007 JOLIE CATIN Goldband GF-102/GLP 7741 GR-CD 7741 CDCHD 428
008 LA VALSE DE CAJIN (CAJIN WALTZ) GF-102/GLP 7741 GR-CD 7741 CDCHD 428
009 GRAND NUIT SPECIAL (BIG NIGHT SPECIAL) GF-103 1024/GLP 7741 GR-CD 7741 CDCHD 428
010 LA VALSE DE GRANDE CHEMIN (THE WALTZ OF THE BIG ROAD) GF-103 1024/GLP 7740 GLP 7771 GR-CD 7741 CDCHD 428
27 January 1953 Lacasinne, LA.- Iry LeJune (Producer: Eddie Shuler)
011 G-1096-1 LA VALSE DE BAYOU CHENE 1096/GLP 7741 GR-CD 7741 CDCHD 428
012 G-1096-2 CHURCH POINT BREAKDOWN 1096/GLP 7740 GR-CD 7741/CDCHD 428
1953 unknown, LA – Iry LeJune (Producer: Eddie Shuler)
013 TNT 105-1 BAYOU PON PON SPECIAL TNT 105/Old Timey 111 GRCD-7741 CDCHD 428
014 TNT 105-2 WALTZ OF THE MULBERRY LIMB 105 Goldband 1103/ OT 111 CDCHD 428
TNT leased masters from Eddie Shuler
1954 unknown, LA – Iry LeJune (Producer: Eddie Shuler)
015 2587/GF 1195-A DON'T GET MARRIED Folk Star 1195/GLP 7740 GR-CD 7741 CDCHD 428
016 2588/GF 1195-B CONVICT WALTZ 1195 Goldband 1219/GLP 7740 GR-CD 7741 CDCHD 428
1955 unknown, LA – Iry LeJune (Producer: Eddie Shuler)
017 6805/GF 1198-A IT HAPPENED TO ME 1198 LP 7740 / CD 7741 / CDCHD 428
018 6806/GF 1198-B PARTING WALTZ 1198 / LP 7740 / CD 7741 / CDCHD 428
1952-1955 poss. Goldband Recording Srudio, 313 Church Street, Lake Charles, LA/Lacassine, LA – Iry LeJune (Producer: Eddie Shuler)
019 G1041-A I WENT TO THE DANCE (J'AI ÉTÉ AU BAL) Goldband 1041 (1)/GLP 7740 GR-CD 7741 CDCHD 428
020 G1041-A GRANDE BOSCO 1041 (2)/ GLP 7741 GR-CD 7741 CDCHD 428
021 G1041-B DURALDO WALTZ 1041 (1,2)/GLP 7741 GLP 7738 GR-CD 7741 CDCHD 428
022 I MADE A BIG MISTAKE 1057/GLP 7740 GR-CD 7741 CDCHD 428
023 COME AND GET ME 1057/GLP 7740 GR-CD 7741 CDCHD 428
024 DONNEZ MOIMON CHAPEAU (DONNEZ MOL MOU CHAPEAU) (CATCH MY HAT, IT’S TIME TO GO) 1103/GLP 7740 GR-CD 7741 CDCHD 428
025 G1219-1 LA FITTE LA VOVE (LA FILLE DE LA VEUVE) (THE WIDOW’S DAUGHTER) 1219/GLP 7766 CDCHD 428
ca 1969 [overdub session] unknown - Iry LeJune (unknown [bass gt])
026 OR-2 LA BRANCHE DE MURIEE (THE MULBERRY LIMB) 1103/GLP 7741/GR-CD 7741



ALBUMS
Goldband GLP 7740 [LP 7740 on cover] The legendary Iry Lejune, vol. 1: I Went To The Dance; Le Valse De Grande Chemin; Church Point Breakdown; Come And Get Me; Catch My Hat; I Made A Big Mistake; Lacassine Special; Convict Waltz; Don't Get Married; It Happened To Me; Parting Waltz – 68 (reissued in 1992 as part od GR-CD 7741 The Legendary Iry Lejune)
Goldband GLP 7741 [LP 7741 on cover] The legendary Iry Lejune, vol. 2: Grand Nuit Special; Grand Bosco; Durald Waltz; Teche Special; Jolie Catin; La Valse De Cajun; Bayou Chene Waltz; Te Mone; Calcasieu Waltz; Love Bridge Waltz; Evangeline Special; Waltz Of Mulberry Limb – 68 (reissued in 1992 as part od GR-CD 7741 The Legendary Iry Lejune)
(early versions of the Goldband albums are different: LP 7740 has 9 tracks originally; later issues 11 tracks; sometime they have alternate versions of songs.
Ace [UK] CDCHD-428 Ire Lejeune Cajun’s Greatest/ The Definitive Collection: Grand Nuit Special; Grande Bosco; Duraldo Waltz; I Went To The Dance (J'ai Été Au Bal); La Valse De Bayou Chene; I Made A Big Mistake; Come And Get Me; Donnez Moi Mon Chapeau; Waltz Of The Mulberry Limb (TNT); Church Point Breakdown; La Valse Du Grande Chemin; Jolie Catin; La Fille La Vove; Bayou Pon Pon Special; La Valse De Cajin; Don't Get Married; Convict Waltz; It Happened To Me; Parting Waltz; Evangeline Special; Love Bridge Waltz; Teche Special; Calcasieu Waltz; Te Mone; Lacassine Specialb - 92

SINGLES
Opera (1948)
105 Love Bridge Waltz / Evangeline Special - 48
Goldband/*Folk Star (1949-55) [both labels owned by Eddie Suler]
*F-100 Calcasieu waltz / Lacassine special - 49
*F-101 Teche special / Te mone - 50
GF-102 Jolie Catin / La valse de cajin (Cajin waltz) - 52
GF-103 Grand nuit special (Big night special) / La valse de grande chemin (The waltz of the big road) -53 (reissued on Goldband 1024)
TNT 105 Bayou Pon Pon Special / Waltz Of The Mulberry Limb – 53 [leased from Goldband]
*1195 Don't Get Married / Convict Waltz - 54
*1198 It Happened To Me / Parting Waltz - 55
1041 I Went To The Dance (J'ai Été Au Bal) / Duraldo Waltz - 56
1041 Grande Bosco / Duraldo Waltz - ?
1057 I Made A Big Mistake / Come And Get Me -57
1069 La valse de Bayou chene / Church point breakdown – ca 58
1096 La Valse De Bayou Chene / Church Point Breakdown - 59
1103 Donnez Moimon Chapeau (Donnez Mol Mou Chapeau) / La Branche De Muriee (The Mulberry Limb) - 69
1219 La Fitte La Vove / Convict Waltz - 70