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Andi ChorleyYa! Ya! by Lee Dorsey, released on Fury Records in 1962.
Review by Greg Adams
Lee Dorsey, the world's funkiest auto mechanic, topped the R&B charts in 1961 with "Ya Ya," a bit of bubblegum soul arranged by Allen Toussaint that exemplifies the sound of his early-'60s Fury recordings. Dorsey was an important and commercially successful product of the New Orleans R&B scene with a sound as distinctive as Fats Domino, and one look at the track list of Ya! Ya! tells you everything you need to know: "Eenie Meenie Mini Mo," "Ixie Dixie Pixie Pie," "Chin Chin," "Yum Yum" (et cetera). Uncluttered grooves, economical horn riffs, playground rhymes, and Dorsey's unmistakable voice add up to an appealingly simple formula that yielded one of the most enduring oldies of its era and its similar but lower-charting follow-up, "Do-Re-Mi."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_RcbQJFDlw&list=PLNLTyTGPykYgTRaqDHBifMLwuMJT5Jjh0&index=1
50+ MusicOn Jan 14, 1938: #AllenToussaint, American #pianist, #songwriter and producer ("Mother-In-Law"; "Working In A Coal Mine"; "Southern Nights"), born in Gert Town, Louisiana (d. 2015).
#HappyBirthday #RIP ππ₯Ίπ
#HappyBirthday #RIP ππ₯Ίπ
On Jan 12, 1998: 13th Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees: The Eagles; #FleetwoodMac; The #MamasAndthePapas; Lloyd Price; Santana; Gene Vincent; "Jelly Roll" Morton; and #AllenToussaint.
