Allen Toussaint

Eric Clapton’s ‘Clapton’ is his twentieth (and his first in four years) studio album released on September 27, 2010 by Duck / Reprise. Track Listing : 1.Travelin’ Alone (Lil’ Son Jackson) – 03:56 . 2.Rocking Chair (Hoagy Carmichael) – 04:04 . 3.River Runs Deep (J.J. Cale) – 05:52 . 4.Judgement Day (Snooky Pryor) – 03:13 […]

Jamie Cullum’s ‘Catching Tales’ is his fourth (following ‘Twentysomething’) album released on September 26, 2005 by Ucj, Candid Records. Track Listing : 1.Get Your Way (Allen Toussaint, Jamie Cullum, Dan Nakamura) – 04:01 . 2.London Skies (Jamie Cullum, Guy Chambers) – 03:43 . 3.Photograph (Jamie Cullum) – 05:47 . 4.I Only Have Eyes For You […]

Madeleine Peyroux’s ‘Secular Hymns’ is her eighth album recorded live at a 12th-century church in Oxfordshire, England and released on September 16, 2016 by Verve. Track Listing : 1.Got You On My Mind (Howard Biggs, Joe “Cornbread” Thomas) – 04:30 . 2.Tango Till They’Re Sore (Thomas A Waits) – 03:24 . 3.The Highway Kind (Townes […]

Labelle’s ‘Nightbirds’ is an album (featuring their biggest hit ‘Lady Marmalade’) released on September 13, 1974 by Epic Records. Track Listing : 1.Lady Marmalade (Bob Crewe, Kenny Nolan) – 03:56 . 2.Somebody Somewhere (Nona Hendryx) – 03:25 . 3.Are You Lonely? (Nona Hendryx) – 03:12 . 4.It Took A Long Time (Raymond Bloodworth, L. Russell […]

This day (August 25, 1954), in Paddington, London is born Declan Patrick MacManus simply known as Elvis Costello, English singer and songwriter

‘Who Is Jill Scott? Words and Sounds Vol. 1’ is her debut album released on July 18, 2000 by Hidden Beach. Track Listing : 1.Jilltro (Andre Harris, Darren Henson) – 01:03 . 2.Do You Remember (Jill Scottandre Harris) – 04:43 . 3.Exclusively (Jill Scott, Jeff Townes) – 02:05 . 4.Gettin’ In The Way (Jill Scott, […]

‘The River in Reverse’ by Elvis Costello & Allen Toussaint is a collaborative album produced by Joe Henry and released on May 29, 2006 by Verve. Track Listing : 1.On Your Way Down (Allen Toussaint) – 04:54 . 2.Nearer To You (Allen Toussaint) – 03:32 . 3.Tears, Tears And More Tears (Allen Toussaint) – 03:30 […]

Wings’ ‘Venus and Mars’ incl. ‘Listen to What the Man Said’ is their fourth studio album released on May 27, 1975. Track Listing : 1.Venus And Mars (Paul McCartney, Linda McCartney ) – 01:16 . 2.Rock Show (Paul McCartney, Linda McCartney ) – 05:31 . 3.Love In Song (Paul McCartney, Linda McCartney ) – 03:04 […]

Paul Simon’s ‘There Goes Rhymin’ Simon’ feat. ‘Kodachrome’ is his second solo studio album released on May 5, 1973 by Columbia. Track Listing : 1.Kodachrome (Paul Simon) – 03:32 . 2.Tenderness (Paul Simon) – 02:53 . 3.Take Me To The Mardi Gras (Paul Simon) – 03:27 . 4.Something So Right (Paul Simon) – 04:33 . […]

April 13, 2014 – iconic Allen Toussaint performs at Paradiso in Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Boz Scaggs’ ‘Silk Degrees’ is his seventh album (that will eventually spend 115 weeks on the Billboard 200) released in March 1976 by Columbia Records. Track Listing : 1.What Can I Say (Boz Scaggs, David David Paich) – 03:01 . 2.Georgia (Boz Scaggs) – 03:57 . 3.Jump Street (Boz Scaggs, David David Paich) – 05:14 […]

Macy Gray’s ‘Big’ is her fourth studio album featuring Natalie Cole, Fergie, Justin Timberlake, Will.I.Am as guests and released on March 21, 2007 by Geffen. Track Listing : 1.Finally Made Me Happy (Natalie Hinds, Teedra Moses, Cassandra O’Neil, Justin Meldal-Johnson, Victor Indrizzo) – 04:02 . 2.Shoo Be Doo (Natalie Hinds, Jared Gosselin, Phillip White, Meldal-Johnson, […]

Dr. John’s ‘In the Right Place’ is a studio (and his biggest selling) album co-produced by Allen Toussaint and released on February 25, 1973 by ATCO. Track Listing : 1.Right Place Wrong Time (Mac Rebennack) – 02:50 . 2.Same Old Same Old (Mac Rebennack) – 02:39 . 3.Just The Same (Mac Rebennack) – 02:49 . […]

The Rolling Stones ‘Now!’ feat. ‘Heart of Stone’ and ‘Little Red Rooster’ is their third American studio album released on February 13, 1965 by London Records. Track Listing : 1.Everybody Needs Somebody To Love (Solomon Burke, Bert Berns, Jerry Wexler) – 03:00 . 2.Down Home Girl (Jerry Leiber, Arthur Butler) – 04:13 . 3.You Can’T […]

Harry Connick, Jr.s ‘Only You’ is his seventeenth album consisting of versions of songs from the 1920s to the 1960s and released on February 3, 2004 by Sony/Columbia. Track Listing : 1.More (Riz Ortolani, Nino Oliviero, Norman Newell) – 04:12 . 2.The Very Thought Of You (Ray Noble) – 03:39 . 3.Save The Last Dance […]

Madeleine Peyroux’ ‘Standing on the Rooftop’ is her sixth studio album recorded in February, 2011 and released on June 14, 2011 by Decca. Track Listing : 1.Martha My Dear (John Lennon, Paul Mccartney) – 02:32 . 2.The Kind You Can’T Afford (Madeleine Peyroux, Bill Wyman) – 03:59 . 3.Leaving Home Again (Madeleine Peyroux, Bill Wyman) […]

Harry Connick, Jr’s ‘Oh, My NOLA’ is an album containing well-known songs associated with New Orleans, recorded with a his big band and released on January 30, 2007 by Sony/Columbia. Track Listing : 1.Working In The Coal Mine (Allen Toussaint) – 03:36 . 2.Won’T You Come Home, Bill Bailey? (Hughie Cannon) – 03:56 . 3.Something […]

Little Feat’s ‘Dixie Chicken’ is their third studio album produced by lead vocalist Lowell George, recorded late 1972 and released on January 25, 1973 by Warner Bros. Track Listing : 1.Dixie Chicken (Lowell George, Fred Martin) – 03:55 . 2.Two Trains (Lowell George) – 03:06 . 3.Roll Um Easy (Lowell George) – 02:30 . 4.On […]

Ringo Starr’s ‘Goodnight Vienna’ is his fourth studio album featuring among others Billy Preston, Robbie Robertson, Harry Nilsson and released on November 15 , 1974 by Apple. Track Listing : 1.[It’S All Down To] Goodnight Vienna (John Lennon) – 02:35 . 2.Occapella (Allen Toussaint) – 02:55 . 3.Oo-Wee (Richard Starkey, Vini Poncia) – 03:45 . […]

This day (November 10, 2015), in Madrid, Spain, died Allen Toussaint, an American musician, composer, record producer and influential figure in New Orleans