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    Allen Richard Toussaint (/ˈtuːsɑːnt/; January 14, 1938 – November 10, 2015) was an American musician, songwriter, arranger, and record producer. He was...
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    discography for American R&B-jazz musician Allen Toussaint. The Wild Sound of New Orleans (1958) Toussaint (1971, aka From A Whisper To A Scream) Life...
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  • Nights is a concept album by American singer, songwriter, and producer Allen Toussaint, released in May 1975. Seminal to the development of New Orleans rhythm...
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  • about Haitian liberator Toussaint Louverture Toussaint (album), a 1971 album by Allen Toussaint Toussaint Coffee Liqueur, a coffee-flavoured liqueur named...
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  • such as Lowell George, Art Neville and New Orleans singer-songwriter Allen Toussaint. The album peaked at No. 107 in the Billboard 200. "Get Outside", which...
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    ensemble The Brodsky Quartet, the New Orleans R&B songwriter and producer Allen Toussaint and the hip-hop group The Roots. Costello has written more than a dozen...
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  • Southern Nights (song) (category Songs written by Allen Toussaint)
    "Southern Nights" is a song written and performed by American musician Allen Toussaint, from his 1975 album, Southern Nights, and later recorded by American...
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    he is also acknowledged as a father figure by subtler players like Allen Toussaint and Dr. John." Byrd was born on December 19, 1918, in Bogalusa, Louisiana...
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    other artists, including Lee Dorsey, Robert Palmer, Dr. John, and Allen Toussaint. Their original songs "Cissy Strut" and "Look-Ka Py Py" are considered...
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  • "Working in the Coal Mine" (1966). Much of his work was produced by Allen Toussaint, with instrumental backing provided by the Meters. Born in New Orleans...
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    track, and a Little Feat cover), Palmer's own "Hey Julia" and the Allen Toussaint-penned title track carry virtually the same rhythm, and were packaged...
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  • and special guests B. B. King, Charlie Musselwhite, Ann Peebles and Allen Toussaint. Lauper performed songs from the album on the Late Show with David...
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  • Influenced by classic New Orleans artists such as Dr. John, the Meters, and Allen Toussaint, in addition to Sly Stone, Billy Preston, and Curtis Mayfield, he released...
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  • vocals Jessie Smith – backing vocals David Spinozza – guitar solo Allen Toussaint – piano, percussion, rhythm guitar, horn arrangements "Right Place...
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  • Saxophone Quartet "Yes We Can" (Lee Dorsey song), 1970 song written by Allen Toussaint "Yes We Can" (Made in Mexico song), 2008 "Yes We Can" (will.i.am song)...
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  • Working in the Coal Mine (category Songs written by Allen Toussaint)
    Allen Toussaint. It was an international hit for Lee Dorsey in 1966, and has been recorded by other musicians including Devo in 1981. After Toussaint...
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    tribute "Yes We Can Can" for his late friend Allen Toussaint on July 20, 2016. Also performing Allen Toussaint compositions were New Orleans artists Irma...
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  • title track, "Freedom for the Stallion" was also a minor hit. This Allen Toussaint song had been recorded earlier by Lee Dorsey in 1971. Later versions...
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  • Toussaint (also known as From a Whisper to a Scream in some editions) is a 1971 funk, jazz and soul album by Allen Toussaint, his second solo album. All...
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    "Life Is a Carnival", the last featuring a horn arrangement by Allen Toussaint. Toussaint's contribution was a critical addition to the Band's next project...
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  • The River in Reverse (category Allen Toussaint albums)
    Costello and Allen Toussaint, released in 2006. It received a Grammy nomination for Best Pop Vocal Album. All songs written by Allen Toussaint unless otherwise...
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  • the American musician Allen Toussaint, released in 1996. It was released through NYNO Records, a label cofounded by Toussaint, and was his first new...
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    versatility and originality. Its first single "Yes We Can Can" – an Allen Toussaint-penned song, which had been a minor R&B hit for Lee Dorsey in 1970...
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  • Weis Ingle with DeLoach 2:32 3. "Get Out of My Life, Woman" Allen Toussaint Allen Toussaint Ingle with DeLoach 3:58 4. "Gentle as It May Seem" Darryl DeLoach...
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  • Chali 2na (of Jurassic 5), to vocalists Macy Gray, Mavis Staples, Allen Toussaint, Irma Thomas, David Shaw, Mystikal, Mannie Fresh, and JJ Grey & Mofro...
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    artists (co-producer, 2005) The River in Reverse by Elvis Costello and Allen Toussaint (producer, 2006) Between Daylight and Dark by Mary Gauthier (producer...
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  • of mixing original songs with cover versions, including covering an Allen Toussaint song for the second album running. All tracks composed by Johnny Winter;...
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    Rocks (Big Hits & Fazed Cookies) (UK) Got Live If You Want It! (US) Allen Toussaint (under the pseudonym Naomi Neville) Jagger "Get Close" 2019, 2020,...
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  • by Allen Toussaint), also reached the number one spot on both the Billboard Hot 100 and Hot Country Songs charts. pimpis: "Southern Nights" (Allen Toussaint)...
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    Neville, Wynton Marsalis, Kermit Ruffins, Walter "Wolfman" Washington, Allen Toussaint, and Lenny Kravitz. Andrews has a teenage son, Hasaan "Too" Goffner...
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