"Louisiana 1927" is a song written and originally recorded by Randy Newman on the album Good Old Boys, originally telling the story of the Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 that left 700,000 people homeless in Louisiana and Mississippi.
The song became identified with Hurricane Katrina in the public consciousness after being sung by Aaron Neville at NBC's "A Concert for Hurricane Relief", being sung by Newman at the multi-network television fundraiser "Shelter from the Storm: A Concert for the Gulf Coast," and a fully orchestrated version of the song performed by Newman during Saturday Night Live's Mardi Gras Special. A new recording of the orchestrated version is included on the Katrina charity album, "Our New Orleans," on Nonesuch Records.
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