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Nov 10, 2015 · Allen Toussaint performing in New Orleans. David Redfern/Redferns. When Allen Toussaint was 17 he subbed for Huey “Piano” Smith with Earl King’s band for a show in Prichard, Ala., and he ...
Nov 10, 2015 · Allen Toussaint, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame songwriter, producer, pianist, performer and New Orleans legend, passed away Monday night while on tour in Spain. He was 77. Toussaint suffered a ...
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Nov 10, 2015 · Allen Toussaint Follow Artist + Pianist, producer, songwriter and recording artist who was the key architect of the New Orleans R&B sound in the 1960s and '70s.
Allen Toussaint. New Orleans-based R&B singer/songwriter Allen Toussaint was born on January 14, 1938 in New Orleans, Louisiana. The son of Naomi and Clarence Toussaint, Allen grew up in a shotgun house in the New Orleans neighborhood of Gert Town. Toussaint started learning piano at age seven and began his music business career as a teenager ...
Allen Toussaint. American producer, songwriter, arranger, session pianist, solo artist, and label owner. Born on 14 January 1938 in New Orleans, Louisiana. Died on 10 November 2015 in Madrid, Spain of heart attack while on European tour. Active in New Orleans’ music industry since the late 1950s, he wrote, arranged and was the house producer ...
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Nov 11, 2015 · NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Legendary New Orleans musician Allen Toussaint, who racked up hits like "Working in the Coal Mine" and "Lady Marmalade" as a behind-the-scenes songwriter and producer before he gained new fame as a performer, died Tuesday, not long after a performance in Spain.
