Best #Louisiana-bred ever? #Touchuponastar wire to wire today in the #NewOrleansClassic, formerly the N.O. Cap -
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I'd make much the same comment as I've just done for #ProfessorLonghair but would add that the fact that #BobbyCharles wrote the song is another plus - #NewOrleansCLASSIC
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Longhair always warrants a repost - #NewOrleansCLASSIC
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Went to a fortune-teller
To have my fortune read
I didn't know what to tell her
I had a dizzy feeling in my head ...
Benny Spellman (1962)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4vja...
B side to "Lipstick Traces" and also written by #AllenToussaint - #NewOrleansCLASSIC
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Your pretty brown eyes
Your wavy hair
I won't go home no more
'Cause you're not there ...
Benny Spellman (1962)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=o1kh...
Another New Orleans goodie penned by #AllenToussaint, it became Benny's only hit - #NewOrleansCLASSIC
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I know
You don't love me no more, no more ...
Barbara George (1961)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Co0F...
Got to #1 in the #R&BChart and #3 in the #Hot100 - not bad for a self-written debut single - #NewOrleansCLASSIC #SoulSisters
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If you should lose me
Oh, yeah, you'll lose a good thing ...
Barbara Lynn
Live on #TheBeat, 1966
Single released in '62
www.youtube.com/watch?v=LoaL...
The left-handed guitar lady hit the top spot in the US #R&BChart with this one - she also wrote the song and it's another #NewOrleansCLASSIC
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It's raining so hard
It looks like it's gonna rain all night ...
Irma Thomas (1962)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yr0a...
Again written by #AllenToussaint - acc. to Wiki he wrote it while visiting Irma's parents in New Orleans and it started raining outside - #NewOrleansCLASSIC
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I have cried my last tear
There will be no more my dear ...
Ernie K Doe (1961)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0k5W...
Flip to "A Certain Girl" and also written by #AllenToussaint - both sides got into the Billboard #Hot100 albeit at lowish levels - it's also a #NewOrleansCLASSIC IMHO
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There's a certain girl I've been in love with a long, long time
What's her name?
I can't tell you ...
Ernie K Doe (1961)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RBee...
Written by #AllenToussaint and belatedly cut by #TheYardbirds and put on the B side of their debut single in 1964 - #NewOrleansCLASSIC
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Meet de boys on the battlefront
Meet de boys on the battlefront ..
The Wild Tchoupitoulas
#TheWildTchoupitoulas (1976)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=n643...
The album was produced by #AllenToussaint and includes input from #TheNevilleBrothers in both vocal and instrumental capacities - #NewOrleansCLASSIC
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It's raining so hard
Looks like it's gonna rain all night ...
Irma Thomas (1962)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yr0a...
Written by Allen Toussaint under the name of his mother Naomi Neville - #NewOrleansCLASSIC #SoulSisters
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They call, they call me "The Fat Man" ...
Fats Domino (1950)
B side of his debut single
www.youtube.com/watch?v=aIz1...
So, did Fats invent rock'n'roll or not? Written by those names that would become familiar - Domino & (band leader) Bartholomew - (and the vocal does appear!) - #NewOrleansCLASSIC
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You went away and left me long time ago
Now you come back knockin' on my door ...
Smiley Lewis (1955)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DIeY...
Written by Dave Bartholomew and covered by Gale Storm, Fats Domino, and Dave Edmunds who hit big with it - #NewOrleansCLASSIC
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They call, they call me the fat man
'Cause I weigh two hundred pounds ...
Fats Domino (1950)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=aIz1...
His first single (or, officially its flip) - who said rock and roll started in the mid '50's? - #RocknRollCLASSIC #NewOrleansCLASSIC
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It was early, early one morning
When I heard my bulldog bark ...
Professor Longhair
From #TheLastMardiGras (1982)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=P26U...
With all that inventive (and enjoyable) piano work you expect from the Prof - #NewOrleansCLASSIC
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All around the world
Rock and roll is all they play ...
Little Richard
From #LittleRichard (1958)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=k6mo...
Born in Macon, Georgia but his classic tracks were cut in the #CosimoMatassa studio in New Orleans - today would have been his birthday - #NewOrleansCLASSIC
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If you should lose me
Oh, yeah, you'll lose a good thing ...
Barbara Lynn (1962)
Live on US TV in '66
www.youtube.com/watch?v=LoaL...
A relatively rare New Orleans outing which crossed over and made #8 in the #BillboardHot100 - #NewOrleansCLASSIC #SoulSisters
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Some people think they jive me
Know they must be crazy ...
Dr. John
#GrisGris (1968)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWvd...
Closing track on the debut album from #MacRebennack wherein he took on the role of #Dr.JohnTheNightTripper (with which he would continue) - #NewOrleansCLASSIC
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It keeps raining and raining
Tears from my eyes
Since you gone
All I do is cry
Fats Domino (1961)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=YY9M...
For those of us living in the UK this title might seem pertinent - #NewOrleansCLASSIC
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"Bon Ton Roula"
Clarence Garlow (1950)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=K7Kj...
... with the song he wrote which would morph into "Let The Good Times Roll" over the years (with changes in arrangement, lyrics etc.) (and think "roulet") - #NewOrleansCLASSIC #TexasToons
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Something you got, baby
Make me work all day ...
Chris Kenner (1961)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=LHVd...
Prolific New Orleans songwriter who wrote this little baby which got covered by names like Domino, Pickett, Springsteen, the Searchers & many, many more - #NewOrleansCLASSIC
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