Everything I Do Gonh Be Funky-The Hit Songs

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Album: Everything I Do Gonh Be Funky-The Hit Songs
#	Song Title		Time
	Disc 1
1)	I Want You to Know	More Info...
2)	Walking With Mr. Lee	More Info...
3)	Tic Toc	More Info...
4)	Young School Girl	More Info...
5)	I'm Gonna Be a Wheel Someday	More Info...
6)	Whirlaway	More Info...
7)	Happy Times	More Info...
8)	Java	More Info...
9)	Wham Tousan	More Info...
10)	Naomi	More Info...
11)	Moo Moo	More Info...
12)	Beverly Baby	More Info...
13)	Heavenly Baby	More Info...
14)	Tiddle Winks	More Info...
15)	Whipped Cream	More Info...
16)	Pie Crust	More Info...
17)	Banana Split	More Info...
18)	Fat Cat	More Info...
19)	Young Man, Old Man	More Info...
20)	Poor Boy Got to Move	More Info...
21)	Go Back Home	More Info...
22)	Omar Khayyam	More Info...
23)	Tomorrow	More Info...
24)	Baby Do Liddle	More Info...
25)	I Don't Need One	More Info...

Album: Everything I Do Gonh Be Funky-The Hit Songs
#	Song Title		Time
	Disc 1
1)	I Want You to Know	More Info...
2)	Walking With Mr. Lee	More Info...
3)	Tic Toc	More Info...
4)	Young School Girl	More Info...
5)	I'm Gonna Be a Wheel Someday	More Info...
6)	Whirlaway	More Info...
7)	Happy Times	More Info...
8)	Java	More Info...
9)	Wham Tousan	More Info...
10)	Naomi	More Info...
11)	Moo Moo	More Info...
12)	Beverly Baby	More Info...
13)	Heavenly Baby	More Info...
14)	Tiddle Winks	More Info...
15)	Whipped Cream	More Info...
16)	Pie Crust	More Info...
17)	Banana Split	More Info...
18)	Fat Cat	More Info...
19)	Young Man, Old Man	More Info...
20)	Poor Boy Got to Move	More Info...
21)	Go Back Home	More Info...
22)	Omar Khayyam	More Info...
23)	Tomorrow	More Info...
24)	Baby Do Liddle	More Info...
25)	I Don't Need One	More Info...

Performer Notes

Charly's 2011 double-disc collection Everything I Do Gonh Be Funky: The Hit Songs & Productions 1957-1978 is an excellent attempt at providing a detailed overview of the first two decades of the legendary Allen Toussaint's career as a songwriter, producer, pianist, and recording artist. At 50 tracks it is extensive but it is by no means exhaustive, lacking any of Toussaint's `70s solo recordings for Scepter and Reprise, and there are a few major songs -- such as Ernie K-Doe's "I Cried My Last Tear" and Lee Dorsey's "Ride Your Pony" -- that aren't here, but what is here amounts to a comprehensive, thoroughly entertaining history of one of the great figures of American popular music. Of the two discs, the first is the bumpiest, not because the material is bad but because there's a blend of jumping instrumentals and vocal R&B where it's apparent that Toussaint is finding his voice. He does toward the end of the disc, via a clutch of singles by the Rubaiyats (particularly the riotous "Omar Khayyam"), and then the second disc serves up nothing but gold: beginning with Jessie Hill's "Ooh Poo Pah Doo," it runs through Aaron Neville's "Over You," Ernie K-Doe's "Mother in Law" and "A Certain Girl," Benny Spellman's "Fortune Teller" and "Lipstick Traces," Irma Thomas' "It's Raining" and "Ruler of My Heart," Chris Kenner's "I Like It Like That," the Showmen's "It Will Stand," and Lee Dorsey's "Working in the Coal Mine," "Holy Cow," "Yes We Can," and the title track. Most of this is easily available on other collections, but presented alongside the early work this gives a sense of Toussaint's evolution and importance, which is enough to make this double-disc set one of the best Toussaint collections ever, even with its notable omissions. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Professional Reviews

Living Blues (p.72) - "[With] a delightfully silly ditty titled 'Tiddle Winks,' a previously little-known gem that's being given a second chance to shine in this 50-track overview..."

Record Collector (magazine) (p.99) - 5 stars out of 5 -- "[T]his 50-track collection is hard to beat....It was Toussaint's skills as a writer, producer and arranger that cemented his status as an integral cog of the New Orleans sound..."