The leader of Cleveland Crochet and the Sugar Bees, Crochet was a fiddler from Lake Charles who had previously recorded for Folk-Star and Leader. Originally known as "Cleveland Crochet and the Hillbilly Ramblers," the group showed up at Goldband's doorstep in 1960, and asked Eddie Shuler to listen to their sound. The group reworked several Cajun songs -- "Sugar Bee" and "Drunkard's Dream" -- for Goldband, by adding steel guitar, a rock and roll backbeat, and English lyrics. In early 1961, "Sugar Bee" became the first Cajun record to break into Billboard's top 100. Crochet told a local paper "The Enterprise" that he hoped to quit farming after the success of "Sugar Bee." "`I sure hope I'm all through worrying about acreage allotments and marketing quotas . . . I'm spending my time now setting up bookings for the band, and arranging recording sessions with Eddie Shuler here in Lake Charles.'"

Selected Recordings by Cleveland Crochet
FC-11971 / Swampland Jewels
	"Good Morning Blues" "Sugar Bee"
45-8229 / "Sugar Bee" b/w "Drunkards Dream"
	"Sugar Bee" / streaming mp3 * streaming realaudio "Drunkards Dream"