1985 Songs: My Toot-Toot

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Let’s see…thus far we’ve had country, R&B, folk, and rock and roll to celebrate the music of 1985. What’s missing? I know: zydeco!!! Got it covered today as we go back 40 years. Here’s today’s song. My Toot-Toot - Rockin’ Sidney Here’s one of those songs that can mean a whole lot of things. You’d think that, by 1985, you wouldn’t have a need for a double entendre in a song. But hey, Cajun and zydeco is a whole different ballgame. I first heard this song when John Fogerty did it at the end of a Showtime special highlighting his comeback album (which, hint hint, came out in 1985 ). Of course I had to find the original, and that led me to Rockin’ Sidney! Born Sidney Simien in 1938, he grew up in the right place for musical gumbo: Louisiana. He had regional success as an R&B singer, but it was this song that made him a celebrity. It started out, like so many other songs, a regional song, then it got heard during Mardi Gras…and the next thing you know, Simien was on Showtime with John Fogerty! He also won a Grammy award for this song. Simien died from throat cancer in 1998. He did a lot more, as most musicians do, than this song, but this one (covered over two dozen times through the years) is his lasting legacy. My Toot-Toot Written by Sidney Simien Recorded by Rockin’ Sidney From My Toot-Toot, 1985 She was born in her birth suit: