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Allen Toussaint
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Legendary New Orleans piano player, singer, composer, producer. Here's a short Allen Toussaint Bio.
Biography
Allen Toussaint (born January 14, 1938) is an American musician, composer, record producer, and influential figure in New Orleans R&B. Many of Toussaint's songs have become familiar through numerous cover versions, including "Working in the Coalmine", "Ride Your Pony", "Fortune Teller", "Play Something Sweet (Brickyard Blues)", "Southern Nights," "Everything I Do Gonna Be Funky", "I'll Take a Melody" and "Mother-in-Law".
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Discography
- Tequila / We the People, 1969
- The Complete Warner Recordings, 2003
- The River in Reverse, 2006
- Life, Love and Faith, 1972
- The Wild Sound of New Orleans, 1958
- 1989-09-13: New Orleans Artists Against Hunger & Homelessness, Municipal Auditorium, New Orleans, LA, USA
- Toussaint, 2006
- A New Orleans Christmas, 1997
- The Bright Mississippi, 2009
- What Is Success. The Scepter and Bell Recordings, 2007
- The Allen Toussaint Collection, 1991
- Southern Nights, 1975
- From a Whisper to a Scream, 1970
- Sings With Billy Fayard And The Stokes
- 2010-09-20: Marina Civic Center, Panama City, FL, USA
- Connected, 1996
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| Song | On Your Way Down |
| Artist | Allen Toussaint |
| Album | Life, Love And Faith |
| Label | Reprise/WEA |
| Year | 1972 |
| Song | River Boat |
| Artist | Allen Toussaint |
| Album | I Believe To My Soul |
| Label | Rhino/Warners |
| Year | 2005 |
| Song | International Echo |
| Artist | Allen Toussaint |
| Album | The River In Reverse |
| Label | Verve Forecast/UMA |
| Year | 2006 |
| Song | Happiness |
| Artist | Allen Toussaint |
| Album | Motion |
| Label | Reprise/WEA |
| Year | 1978 |
| Song | The River In Reverse |
| Artist | Allen Toussaint |
| Album | The River In Reverse |
| Label | Verve Forecast/UMA |
| Year | 2006 |
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On the ABC
- Piano and Keyboard - 2009 - The Weekend Planet - Subjects A-Z
- The Planet - 23 June 2006 - Two-Faced Friday
- Later... With Jools Holland - Allen Toussaint, Dave Clark ...
- DIG Internet Radio - The Doctor Is On His Way!
- Mississipppi tunes with Allen Toussaint - The Music Show - 4 ...
- The Planet - 30 June 2006 - Two-Faced Friday
- The Planet - 29 June 2006 - Elvis Costello & Allen Toussaint
- The Weekend Planet - 16 January 2010 - Allen Toussaint:
- New Orleans music masters.... - ABC Canberra - Australian ...
- Music: Nashua - Counterpoint - 26 July 2010
Elsewhere on the Web
- Allen Toussaint Biography - Yahoo! Music
- NYNO Records: Allen Toussaint
- Allen Toussaint on Yahoo! Music
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