Allen Toussaint

Allen Toussaint, IPA:(born January 14, 1938) is an American musician, composer and producer, one of the most influential figures in New Orleans, R & B. A lot of Toussaint’s songs have become familiar through the many cover versions, including “Working in the mine”, “Ride Your Pony”, “Fortune Teller”, “Brickyard Blues”, “Get Out Of My Life Woman”, “Southern Nights” ” Everything I Do Gonna Be Funky “,” I’ll take a melody “and” mother-in-law. ” In early 1960 he wrote and produced a series of hits for New Orleans R & B artists such as Ernie K-Doe, Irma Thomas, Art and Aaron Neville, showmen, and Lee Dorsey. Some of his songs from this period were published under the pseudonym Naomi Neville. “Lord Of My Heart”, recorded by Irma Thomas, one of the examples, Allen Toussaiant tickets the song will continue to be recorded under the name of Otis Redding “Pain in my heart.” In 1964, “A Certain Girl” was the first single in the Yardbirds. Bi-1962 affected by Benny Spellman, including “Lipstick Traces (cigarettes),” later covered by the O’Jays and simple, but effective, “Fortune Teller”, covers many rock the 1960’s group,Allen Toussaint event including The Rolling Stones, Nashville Teens, The Who, The Hollies, ex-Searchers founder Tony Jackson and recently (2007) by Robert Plant and Alison Krauss on Raising Sand. Significant influence from the outset was the second-line piano style of Professor Longhair. Piano Toussaint and arrangements appear on hundreds of records in the early 1960’s on recordings of Lee Dorsey, Chris Kenner, and dozens of other artists.