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Lenny LaCour's career in music initially commenced as a performer and songwriter, based in
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The success of LaCour and his artists was hampered by the fact that LaCour was unable to obtain a national distribution contract for his records. He expected that, if the song were popular locally, national distributors would come to him. Such national distribution generally did not occur.
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did not produce white artists. Waters is reported to have said, "Mr. Chess, he's got a whole lot of soul in his voice."
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LaCour trademarked the name "King Creole" in 1952, and has asserted that a chance meeting with
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