Allen Toussaint

- Name: Allen Toussaint
- Born: January 14, 1938
- Genre: R&B
- Origin: New Orleans, LA
- Active: 1958
- Albums: 15
- Labels: Minuit Records, Sceptor Records, Warner Bros. Records, NYONO, None Such Records
- Awards: Musician Guide: Allen Toussaint Biography
- Billboard Awards
  : One of the Top 200 Executives of Tomorrow (1976)
- BMI
  : Most performed song of the year, "Southern Nights" (1977)
- Outer Critics Circle Award
  : Best Music in an Off-Broadway Musical (1986-1987)
- Outer Critics Circle Award
  : Gold records for work with other artists.
- Allen Toussaint started to play the paino at a very young age (when he was 5 or 6 years old).Musician Guide: Allen Toussaint Biography
- Ernie K-Doe’s "Mother-in-Law"
- "Fortune Teller"
- "Working in the Coal Mine"
- "Southern Nights"

Allen Toussaint is an award-winning American musician, songwriter, and pianist from New Orleans, as well as one of the most influential producers of his time. Toussaint greatly influenced American music with his timeless hits, including his 1961 hit, Ernie K-Doe’s "Mother-in-Law;" that managed to make it to the number one spot on the national charts.
Albums
- 1958: The Wild Sound of New Orleans
- 1971: Toussaint
- 1972: Life, Love And Faith
- 1975: Southern Nights
- 1995: From a Whisper to a Scream
- 1999: A Taste Of New Orleans
- 2005: The Complete Warner Bros. Recordings
- 2005: I Believe To My Soul
- 2006: The River in Reverse, with Elvis Costello

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