UK collection from the acclaimed songwriter. Toussaint songs have advertised everything from Coca Cola and chocolate to Boots the Chemist. They have been used as TV themes and featured in film soundtracks. He's scored hits in every decade from the 1950s onwards and is still doing so in the 21st century. In addition he either discovered or nurtured the talents of a raft of pivotal R&B acts, among them Aaron Neville, Benny Spellman, Irma Thomas and Lee Dorsey, all of whom recorded some of Toussaint's best songs. The two dozen songs on "Rolling with the Punches" - a CD which carries the personal approval and endorsement of Mr Toussaint himself - focus on a 20-year period that covers the 1960s and 1970s. The diversity of performers shows just how adaptable to all sorts of genres Toussaint's work is and offers an affectionate salute to his lyrical and melodic supremacy that has long been overdue. It would be impossible to fit all of his most famous songs on one CD but our overview embraces several of his biggest as well as showcasing some beautiful songs that are no less worthy of great public acclaim.

Tracklist:

Here Come the Girls - Ernie K-Doe
Hercules - Boz Scaggs
What Is Success - Bonnie Raitt
Occapella -Lee Dorsey
Let's Live - Aaron Neville
Everything I Do Gonh Be Funky (From Now on) - Don Covay
Ride Your Pony - the Meters
Soul Sister - Allen Toussaint
Working in the Coal Mine - the Judds 1
Get Out of My Life Woman - Solomon Burke 1
Sweet Touch of Love - Irma Thomas 1
Shoorah - Frankie Miller 1
Yes We Can Can - the Pointer Sisters 1
Fortune Teller - Benny Spellman 1
Freedom for the Stallion - Bill Medley 1
Sneakin' Sally Thru' the Alley - Robert Palmer 1
Whoever's Thrilling You (Is Killing Me) - Z.Z Hill 1
Brickyard Blues (Play Somethin' Sweet) - Maria Muldaur 1
What Do You Want the Girl to Do - Lowell George 2
I'll Be Rolling (With the Punches) - Millie Jackson 2
Tampin' - the Rhine Oaks 2
A Certain Girl - Warren Zevon 2
Holy Cow - Lee Dorsey 2
Southern Nights - Glen Campbell

UPC: 029667050623
Label: Ace Records Uk
Release Date: 11.6.12
Format: CD

Allen Toussaint Various - Rolling With The Punches- Toussaint Songbook (Import)