{"id":24450,"date":"2015-11-10T13:51:33","date_gmt":"2015-11-10T13:51:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/?p=24450"},"modified":"2021-01-13T10:42:33","modified_gmt":"2021-01-13T10:42:33","slug":"allen-toussaint-rb-singer-songwriter-and-producer-dies-aged-77","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/2015\/11\/10\/allen-toussaint-rb-singer-songwriter-and-producer-dies-aged-77\/","title":{"rendered":"Allen Toussaint, R&amp;B singer-songwriter and producer, dies aged 77"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b><i>He will be missed&#8230;.<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><!-- GUARDIAN WATERMARK --><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/music\/2015\/nov\/10\/allen-toussaint-dies-aged-77\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/image.guardian.co.uk\/sys-images\/Guardian\/Pix\/pictures\/2010\/03\/01\/poweredbyguardianBLACK.png?resize=140%2C45\" alt=\"Powered by Guardian.co.uk\" width=\"140\" height=\"45\" \/>This article titled &#8220;Allen Toussaint, R&amp;B singer-songwriter and producer, dies aged 77&#8221; was written by Tshepo Mokoena and agencies, for theguardian.com on Tuesday 10th November 2015 13.15 UTC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Songwriter, producer and revered New Orleans R&amp;B performer Allen Toussaint has died aged 77 after suffering a heart attack, according to reports. <\/p>\n<aside class=\"element element-rich-link element--thumbnail\">  <span>Related: <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/music\/musicblog\/2015\/nov\/10\/allen-toussaint-seven-of-his-greatest-songs\">Allen Toussaint \u2013 seven of his greatest songs<\/a> <\/p>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Toussaint died on Monday 9 November in Spain while on tour with his performance quartet, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wwltv.com\/story\/news\/2015\/11\/10\/allen-toussaint\/75500982\/\">according to Louisiana station WWL-TV<\/a>, and had played his last show in Madrid on Monday evening.<\/p>\n<p>Toussaint was next scheduled to perform in Antwerp on Thursday 12 November and in London on Sunday 15 November, before returning to the US at the end of the month. <\/p>\n<p>Last week, non-profit organisation New Orleans Artists against Hunger and Homelessness announced Toussaint and musician Paul Simon as acts confirmed to play an annual benefit concert on 8 December. Toussaint co-founded the organisation in 1985 alongside Neville Brothers lead vocalist Aaron Neville, in a bid to help homeless and impoverished citizens of New Orleans.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"element element-rich-link element--thumbnail\">  <span>Related: <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/music\/2015\/jun\/30\/allen-toussaint-ronnie-scotts-live-review\">Allen Toussaint review \u2013 a tribute to the power of New Orleans music<\/a> <\/p>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Beyond his philanthropic work, Toussaint was a legendary fixture of New Orleans R&amp;B. Born in New Orleans on 14 January 1938, he started his musical career as an apprentice to composer, bandleader and producer Dave Bartholomew, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/rockhall.com\/inductees\/allen-toussaint\/bio\/\">Rock and Roll Hall of Fame<\/a>. Toussaint then came into his own as a session musician, before becoming a songwriter and producer affiliated with record labels Minit and Instant.<\/p>\n<p>Toussaint wrote hit R&amp;B songs for the likes of Neville, Ernie K-Doe, The Showmen and Irma Thomas and collaborated with Joe Cocker and Paul McCartney, among many others.<\/p>\n<p>His songs often found new life when performed or covered by other artists. He was responsible for Lee Dorsey\u2019s Working in the Coal Mine, Fortune Teller, covered by the Rolling Stones and Benny Spellman, K-Doe\u2019s Mother-in-Law, Southern Nights, covered by Glen Campbell, and Ruler of My Heart, famously recorded by Thomas. <\/p>\n<p>Toussaint was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1998 and made a Grammy awards trustee in 2009.<\/p>\n<p>guardian.co.uk &#169; Guardian News &amp; Media Limited 2010<\/p>\n<p>Published via the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/open-platform\/news-feed-wordpress-plugin\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Guardian plugin page\" rel=\"noopener\">Guardian News Feed<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/wordpress.org\/extend\/plugins\/the-guardian-news-feed\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Wordress plugin page\" rel=\"noopener\">plugin<\/a> for WordPress.<\/p>\n<p><!-- END GUARDIAN WATERMARK --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Legendary R&amp;B New Orleans songwriter and producer has died in Spain while on tour in Europe, according to reports<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3],"tags":[59,99,25,77,278,280],"class_list":["post-24450","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-musings","tag-article","tag-culture","tag-music-2","tag-news","tag-rb","tag-tshepo-mokoena"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6NRDR-6mm","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":6470,"url":"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/2015\/03\/13\/gong-founder-daevid-allen-has-died-aged-77\/","url_meta":{"origin":24450,"position":0},"title":"Gong founder Daevid Allen has died, aged 77","author":"diana Stone","date":"March 13, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Legendary eccentric had announced he only had six months to live in February","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Musings&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Musings","link":"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/category\/musings\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Powered by Guardian.co.uk","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/image.guardian.co.uk\/sys-images\/Guardian\/Pix\/pictures\/2010\/03\/01\/poweredbyguardianBLACK.png?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":149500,"url":"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/2019\/10\/03\/danny-bryan-and-diana-stone-kora-and-violin-duet-at-ye-olde-mitre-barnet\/","url_meta":{"origin":24450,"position":1},"title":"Danny Bryan and Diana Stone Kora and Violin Duet at Ye Olde Mitre Barnet","author":"diana Stone","date":"October 3, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"And here is our new recruit to the Delta Ladies Lorraine Lucas singer\/songwriter with one of her own songs.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Delta Ladies&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Delta Ladies","link":"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/category\/delta-ladies\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":175072,"url":"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/2021\/08\/19\/the-long-way-home\/","url_meta":{"origin":24450,"position":2},"title":"The Long Way Home","author":"diana Stone","date":"August 19, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"You can't generally speaking walk in someone else shoes they say. 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