As a fan of a wide variety of popular (and not-so-popular) music from the 1950s (and sometimes even earlier) up through the present, one of my bucket list projects for years has been to put together a list of my 100 favorite songs of all time. At some point I decided that, once I got around to figuring that out, I could put it out on a blog, for the infinitesimally small proportion of the Internet world that might be interested. So, here we are. While the Top 100 will be a major focus, I also plan to post on a variety of other musical (and occasionally non-musical) topics, in which you may or may not be interested. (If a particular posting doesn’t ring your bell, you’re only a few clicks away from a dancing cat video on YouTube.)

Thursday, November 12, 2015

Allen Toussaint

Legendary New Orleans songwriter, producer, and pianist Allen Toussaint died November 9 at the age of 77. Although a member of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, Toussaint was certainly not a household word, although most folks would recognize some of the biggest hit songs he wrote – “Mother-In-Law”, “Southern Nights”, and “Yes We Can Can”, among others.
 
My favorite Allen Toussaint songs and versions:
On Your Way Down – Trombone Shorty (with Toussaint on piano)
A Certain Girl – Warren Zevon
All These Things – The Uniques
Working In A Coal Mine – Lee Dorsey
I Like It Like That – The Dave Clark Five
Freedom For The Stallion – The Hues Corporation
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