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Allen Toussaint was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, on the 14th of January in 1938. He is a notable music producer, musician, and songwriter. Toussaint died at the age of 77 in Madrid, Spain in 2015 on the 9th of November. Toussaint had actually been raised in Gert Town and played as studio musician all over the city. He recorded for the first time in 1957 acting as a stand-in for Fats Domino for the record "I Want You to Know." He played piano while Domino sung over his pre-recorded vocals. In 1958 he released his first album called "The Wild Sound of New Orleans." Later in life Allen realized his true passion was for writing and arranging music, and being an accompanist for different artists. Since Toussaint lived in New Orleans, he was affected by hurricane Katrina just like any other family. He had to move to New York temporarily. While living there, he worked with Elvis Costello to make the album The River In Reverse, which was released in 2006. The collaboration helped him become more recognized as a musician. This isn't the only artist that Toussaint has collaborated with. He has been with Paul McCartney, Paul Simon, and even Patti LaBelle to record her disco hit "Lady Marmalade." Those artists have all used the production company he created along with Marshall Sehorn. Their company was made after Toussaint had finished serving in the army from 1963 to 1965. Allen Toussaint was known to be a great musician and producer who was born in New Orleans, but spread his musical talent all over the world.This is where half the information in my paragraph comes from. This is the other half.