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Tracks 4 to 7 from the album New Orleans Heat, Tomato 2696332. Tracks 8, 9 and 12 from the album King Albert, Tomato 2696202. Tracks 10, 11, 13 and 14 from the album Albert Live, Tomato 2696262. The track "Rub My Back" from Albert, Tomato 2696252, is also listed, but does not appear in the tracklist.
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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 an influential figure in New Orleans rhythm and blues from the 1950s to the end of the century, described as "one of popular music's great backroom figures." [1]
View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the 1994 CD release of "The Tomato Years" on Discogs.
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Nov 10, 2015 · When Allen Toussaint was 17 he subbed for Huey “Piano” Smith with Earl King’s band for a show in Prichard, Ala., and he never looked back after that. Years and countless classics later ...
In 1978, King moved to a new label, Tomato Records, for which he recorded the album New Orleans Heat. The label paired him with the R&B producer Allen Toussaint, who had been responsible for scores of hits in that genre in the 1960s and 1970s but was a novice at working with blues artists.
Nov 13, 2015 · Allen Toussaint, the influential producer, songwriter, pianist and singer, died Monday at the age of 77. He suffered a heart attack while on tour in Spain. Toussaint was a central figure in...
With this week's Fridays at Five streaming concert featuring Toussaint with the Preservation Hall Jazz Band, we've pulled together five songs you might not know were written by the late music legend. “Working in the Coal Mine” — Lee Dorsey (1966) Allen Toussaint returned to New Orleans in 1965 after serving in the US Army.
