Yes We Can Lee Dorsey

Yes We Can is the 1970 album by New Orleans legend Lee Dorsey. He wrote and performed the song that was also made famous by The Pointer Sisters. This was released by Polydor.

Yes We Can is the 1970 album by New Orleans legend Lee Dorsey. He wrote and performed the song that was also made famous by The Pointer Sisters.

Hits he produced, his original versions of future hits for others 50 key cuts from the New Orleans R&B titan! His Java and Whipped Cream (The Stokes; later the theme for The Dating Game ) join Young School Girl Fats Domino; Ernie K-Doe's smash Mother-In-Law; It's Raining Irma Thomas; Lipstick Traces Benny Spellman; Chris Kenner's big hit I Like It Like That; Wrong Number Allen Neville; Working in the Coal Mine; Yes We Can , and the title hit by Lee Dorsey; Sophisticated Cissy; Look-Ka Py Py Meters, and more.

Without Allen Toussaint's herculean musical contributions, New Orleans' crucial musical heritage would be a footnote confined to '50s Rock & Roll. As a producer, songwriter and artist, Toussaint defined the seminal NOLA funk genre, giving hits not only to favorite sons like Ernie K. Doe and Lee Dorsey, but to Labelle, Robert Palmer, Rod Stewart and many others. Lee Dorsey Sneakin' Sally From The Alley Curly Moore Don’t Pity Me Aaron Neville Hercules Eldridge Holmes Gone Gone Gone Maurice Williams How To Pick A Winner Betty Harris Bad Luck Erine K. Doe Here Comes The Girls Allen Toussaint Working In A Coalmine Benny Spellman If You Love Her The Rubaiyats Omar Khayyam Diamond Joe Wait A Minute Baby Etta James Wheel Of Fire Zilla Mayes All I Want Is You Warren Lee Star Revue Eldridge Holmes The Book Willie West Greatest Love Allen Toussaint We Are The People Ernie K. Doe So Good Lee Dorsey Yes We Can Etta James With You In MInd

A tremendous tribute to the genius of Allen Toussaint – the man who almost single-handedly shaped the sound of New Orleans soul in the 60s! As the title implies, Toussaint is featured here as an artist, producer, and songwriter – and most tracks were issued on his Sansu Records label, and recorded in his Sea Saint studios – a spot that was as important to New Orleans as Chess was to Chicago, and Stax was to Memphis! The singers vary here, but the songs and instrumentation have a very unified vibe – plenty of Nola funk at the bottom, and some killer lyrics that often have a lot of sharpness and wit. Tracks include "So Good" by Ernie K Doe, "Sneakin Sally From The Alley" by Lee Dorsey, "Hercules" by Aaron Neville, "Gone Gone Gone" by Eldridge Holmes, "Don't Pity Me" by Curly Moore, "Bad Luck" by Betty Harris, "All I Want Is You" by Zilla Mayes, "Wheel Of Fire" by Etta Jones, "If You Love Her" by Benny Spellman, "Omar Khayyam" by The Rubiyats, "Here Come The Girls" by Ernie K Doe, "How To Pick A Winner" by Maurice Williams, "Star Revue" by Warren Lee, "Greatest Love" by Willie West, "The Book" by Eldridge Holmes, "Wait A Minute Baby" by Diamond Joe, and "We Are The People" and "Working In A Coal Mine" by Toussaint himself.

Saturday Night Fish Fry is a compilation CD on Soul Jazz Records released in 2001 that explored "New Orleans Funk & Soul". Most of the artists have one song each while Betty Harris and Eldridge Holmes have two songs each. It's a small hint of the glorious music the Crescent City has had to offer.

Allen Toussaint is unquestionably one of the great American songwriters of the 20th century, so it is no surprise Ace Records dedicated a volume of their ongoing Songbook series to the New Orleans R&B titan. They're not the first label to showcase Toussaint's writing. Ten years prior, EMI released Finger Poppin' and Stompin' Feet: 20 Classic Allen Toussaint Productions for Minit Records 1960-1962, a terrific primer that focused on Toussaint's hitmaking prime as a producer, pianist, and writer for Irma Thomas, Ernie K-Doe, Jessie Hill, Benny Spellman, Aaron Neville, and the Showmen.

A 40-track 2CD jewel case edition featuring the New Orleans legend’s solo recordings plus his greatest production hits for Lee Dorsey, The Meters, Ernie K-Doe and more.