My Toot Toot (album)

Summary

My Toot Toot is Jean Knight's third studio album and her first in four years. The title track was previously a Zydeco hit for Rockin' Sidney. Other cover versions on this album include a rerecorded version of Knight's biggest hit "Mr. Big Stuff" (which contains a rap intro) and Shirley & Lee's hit "Let the Good Times Roll." It would be twelve years before Knight released another studio album, though she did continue touring and making live performances.

My Toot Toot
Studio album by
Released1985
GenreFunk, R&B, soul, Synth-pop, Zydeco
LabelMirage
ProducerIsaac Bolden
Jean Knight chronology
Mr. Big Stuff
(1971)
My Toot Toot
(1985)
Shaki de Boo-Tee
(1997)

Track listing edit

Side One edit

  1. "My Toot Toot" - (Sidney Simien) - 4:21
  2. "One Monkey Don't Stop the Show" - (Allen Toussaint) - 2:56
  3. "Mr. Big Stuff" - (Joseph Broussard, Ralph Williams, Carrol Washington) - 3:01
  4. "Let the Good Times Roll" - (Leonard Lee) - 4:05

Side Two edit

  1. "Working Your Mojo" - (Isaac Bolden, Joseph Broussard) - 4:00
  2. "Magic" - (Isaac Bolden, D. Johnson, B. Williams) - 4:08
  3. "My Heart Is Willing" - (Isaac Bolden) - 4:35
  4. "Isn't Life So Wonderful" - (Isaac Bolden) - 3:28
  5. "Funny Bone" - (Walter Moorehead) - 4:07

Personnel edit

  • Produced by: Isaac Bolden for Bolden & Moorehead Productions
  • Recorded and mixed at: Sea-Saint Recording Studio, New Orleans, Louisiana
  • Recorded by: Bob Kearney and Clarence R. Toussaint
  • Mixed by: Bob Kearney
  • "One Monkey Don't Stop the Show" mixed by: Clarence R. Toussaint
  • Production assistants: B. Williams, D. Johnson
  • Photography: David Michael Kennedy
  • Art direction: Bob Defrin

Musicians

  • Daryl Johnson - keyboards, backing vocals, bass synthesizer
  • Isaac Bolden - keyboards
  • Brennan A. Williams - Linn drum programming
  • Kevin Hayes - keyboards, backing vocals, bass synthesizer
  • Jimmy Molière - guitar
  • Cynthia Sheeler and Charles Elam III - backing vocals
  • Barry Sailor - bass guitar on "Working Your Mojo"
  • Donald Provost - harmonica on "Isn't Life So Wonderful"
  • Allen Toussaint - all music on "One Monkey Don't Stop the Show"

Charts edit

Album - Billboard (North America)

Year Chart Position
1985 Pop Albums 181

Singles - Billboard (North America)

Year Single Chart Position
1985 "My Toot Toot" The Billboard Hot 100 50
1985 "My Toot Toot" Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks 59