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2 unusual facts about Ville Platte


Bas Clas

One thousand copies were pressed at Floyd's Records in Ville Platte, Louisiana (see Floyd Soileau).

Ville Platte, Louisiana

Ville Platte is also the home of Chicot State Park, which is Louisiana’s largest state park, visited by thousands of people from all parts of the U.S.


Bennett Landreneau

MG Landreneau graduated from Vidrine High School in Ville Platte, Louisiana and holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Agronomy from the University of Southwestern Louisiana.

Donald E. Hines

Term-limited in the Senate, Hines was succeeded by his fellow Democrat Eric LaFleur of Ville Platte in Evangeline Parish.

Louisiana Highway 106

Here it intersects US 167 which, apart from its aforementioned northerly destinations, heads south to Ville Platte, the seat of Evangeline Parish.

This Should Go On Forever

When Bernard learned that Excello had no intention of releasing the song, he asked Karl if he could record it for Floyd Soileau's newly formed Jin label of Ville Platte, Louisiana.


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Floyd Soileau

After graduating from Ville Platte High in 1956, he opened a small record store, Floyd's Record Shop and discovered that although people were still interested in them, Cajun French records were no longer being produced.