Allen R. Toussaint
Producer, songwriter, arranger, session pianist and solo artist, born 14 January 1938 in New Orleans, Louisiana.
Perhaps the most important artist in New Orleans' music industry since the early 1960's, Toussaint worked with an incredible amount of artists as diverse as
Elvis Costello,
Band, The,
Dr. John and
Meters, The.
He wrote and produced songs like
From A Whisper To A Scream (1971),
Irma Thomas'
Ruler Of My Heart (1963) and
Lee Dorsey's
Working In A Coal Mine (1966).
Allen Toussaint was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 1998.