George Khoury (July 17, 1909[1] – January 8, 1998, Lake Charles, Louisiana[1]) was an American pioneer swamp pop and cajun record producer known for co-writing and composing the No.
Later he would record Lawrence Walker and His Wandering Aces, Elise Deshotel with Dewey Balfa, Harry Choates, Jimmy Newman, and Phil Phillips with the Twilights.
[5] A longhorn salesman named Virgil Bozman had travelled to Lake Charles and noticed the music being recorded in the region.
[6] Khoury, who saw the need for more Cajun music and financed Virgil's new label, Oklahoma Tornado Records, named after his band.
In 1958, Huey Thierry and Cookie and his Cupcakes recorded "Mathilda", the unofficial anthem of swamp pop music, which Khoury co-composed.