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Allen Toussaint (/ˈtuːseɪnt/; 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 versions by other musicians, 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", "Get Out of My Life, Woman", and "Mother-in-Law". Biography: Early life and career: Toussaint grew up in a shotgun house in the New Orleans neighborhood of Gert Town, where his mother welcomed and fed all manner of musicians as they practiced and recorded with her son. After a lucky break at age 17 in which he stood in for Huey Smith at a performance with Earl King's band in Prichard, Alabama, Toussaint was introduced to a group of local musicians who performed regularly at a night club on LaSalle street Uptown; they were known as the Dew Drop Set. He initially...

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  • Life, Love and Faith, 1972
  • The Complete Warner Recordings, 2003
  • The River in Reverse, 2006
  • 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
  • The Complete "Tousan" Sessions, 1992

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