Lead MemoryFreddie "Big Roger" Collins Born
Freddie "Big Roger" Collins was born July 15, 1935 in Ville Platte, Louisiana.
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The word “zydeco” is thought to come from the Creole phrase “les haricots sont pas salés” — “the snap beans aren’t salted” — a line from an old la-la song about hard times.
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