Chanteur et saxophoniste Rhythm 'n' Blues US né le 20 Septembre 1957 à Lake Charles (Louisiane).

Rhythm 'n' Blues singer and saxophonist US born September 20, 1957 in Lake Charles (Louisiana). As tenor saxophone player and co-lead vocalist of swamp pop band, Cookie And The Cupcakes, Shelton Dunaway played an essential role in the early development of Louisiana-style Rhythm and Blues. Dunaway's Vocals helped to lift the band's single, "Mathilda", to the Billboard top fifty in 1959. He continued to be featured on such regional hits as "Belinda", "Betty And Dupree" and "Got You On My Mind" in the 1960s.
A native of Lake Charles, Louisiana, Dunaway first played with future members of Cookie And The Cupcakes as the house band at the Moulin Rouge Club in Lake Charles. He made his recording debut, with the band billed as Shelton Dunaway and His Boogie Ramblers in 1955.
The success of "Mathilda" came as a major surprise. Originally recorded in Houston, the song was re-recorded in the studios of a Lake Charles radio station. Although they recorded the song for Eddie Shuler's Goldband label, Schuler failed to sign the band to a recording contract. By the time that he realized his error, the tune was being played on radio stations throughout the United States.
Dunaway made his final visit to the recording studio in 1985, when he collaborated on an album with Little Alfred, a vocalist who had sung with the Cupcakes since the 1960s and briefly led a reorganized version of the group, known as Little Alfred And The Cupcakes.
Although the group disbanded in the early-1970s, Dunaway has continued to perform during reunion concerts with the Cupcakes. He was inducted into the Music Hall of Fame at the Museum of the Gulf Coast in January 1995.

Talents : Vocals, Saxophone

Style musical : Rock 'n' Roll, Rhythm 'n' Blues, Swamp Bues

JUST ONE KISS (1961) MARY LOU DOIN' THE POP EYE (1961) SHAKE 'EM UP (1963?) BETTY AND DUPREE (1963 ?)

Years in activity :

DISCOGRAPHY

Singles

1960	SP KHOURY'S 715 (US)	Shelton DUNAWAY & The CUP CAKES - I Had The Blues / Who Would Have Thought It
1961 ?	SP KHOURY'S 727 (US)	Shelton DUNAWAY with The CUP CAKES - Since Your Love Has Grown Cold / Franko-Chinese Cha Cha Cha
1961	SP LYRIC 1010 (US)	Shelton DUNAWAY with The CUP CAKES - Just One Kiss / Mary Lou Doin' The Pop Eye
1962	SP UNITED ARTISTS UA 468 (US)	Shelton DUNAWAY with The CUP CAKES - Just One Kiss / Mary Lou Doin' The Pop Eye
1963 ?	SP LYRIC 1010 (US)	Shelton DUNAWAY & The CUP CAKES - Shake 'Em Up / Betty And Dupree
1971	SP JIN 45-250 (US)	Shelton DUNAWAY & The CUPCAKES - Honey Hush / Just One Kiss

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