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Allen Toussaint
Biography
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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Discography
- 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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Recently Played on ABC Jazz.

| Song | Singin' The Blues |
| Artist | Allen Toussaint |
| Album | The Bright Mississippi |
| Label | Nonesuch |
| Year | 2009 |

| Song | Blue Drag |
| Artist | Allen Toussaint |
| Album | The Bright Mississippi |
| Label | Nonesuch |
| Year | 2009 |

| Song | Bright Mississippi |
| Artist | Allen Toussaint |
| Album | The Bright Mississippi |
| Label | Nonesuch |
| Year | 2009 |

| Song | Egyptian Fantasy |
| Artist | Allen Toussaint |
| Album | The Bright Mississippi |
| Label | Nonesuch |
| Year | 2009 |

| Song | Dear Old Southland |
| Artist | Allen Toussaint |
| Album | The Bright Mississippi |
| Label | Nonesuch |
| Year | 2009 |
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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
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- NYNO Records: Allen Toussaint

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