The Rolling Stones lead off “A Tribute to the King of Zydeco,” playing Chenier’s genre-naming song “Zydeco Sont Pas Sale,” with Mick Jagger singing in French Creole.

The Rolling Stones are once again waving the flag of their musical forebears with a cover of Clifton Chenier’s zydeco tune “Zydeco Sont Pas Salés.” Chenier, an accordionist and singer who ...

RASCOE: That's Mick Jagger of the Rolling Stones singing in French Creole. It's part of a new album to commemorate what would be Chenier's 100th birthday, called appropriately "A Tribute To The ...

The Stones/Riley version of “Zydeco Sont Pas Salés” also appears on a Chenier centennial tribute album being put out by Eunice, Louisiana-based Valcour Records.

But they did for Clifton Chenier. The Rolling Stones recorded “Zydeco Sont Pas Salés” for “A Tribute to the King of Zydeco,” which commemorates the 100th anniversary of Chenier’s birth.