Lee Dorsey – Ya Ya (Red LP Vinyl)

New Orleans ran through Lee Dorsey's music the way the Mississippi runs through the city itself, deep and unstoppable. Produced by Allen Toussaint, "Ya Ya" announced Dorsey as one of the Crescent City's most infectious voices when it hit in 1961, a record that planted seeds felt everywhere from the British Invasion to the second-line funk that followed. Toussaint's fingerprints on this session are a direct link to the DNA of American popular music.