In 1957, Dorsey was working at a body shop owned…

Toussaint grew up in a shotgun house in the New…

Cosimo (usually pronounced “Cosmo”) Matassa was born in New Orleans…

In 1947, brothers David and Julius Braun of New Jersey…

Allen Toussaint is inducted into the Louisiana Hall of Fame.

On August 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina, the most destructive and…

Lee Dorsey joins the Navy. While serving on a U.…

He teams up with Labelle, and produces their highly acclaimed…

“Mother-in-Law” is a hit 1961 single by Ernie K-Doe. The…

Toussaint and Marshall Sehorn created the Sea-Saint recording studio in…

After he returned to New Orleans from the Army (from…