Working In The Coal Mine
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"Working In The Coal Mine" is a song with music and lyrics by Allen Toussaint.
After Toussaint returned to New Orleans from the army (from 1963-65), he formed a production company, Sansu, with partner Marshall Sehorn. A number of singles, performed by Lee Dorsey, followed in 1965-66, including "Working in the Coal Mine". [1]
It was a Lee Dorsey hit, and entered the Top Forty on August 13, 1966, where it reached #8.
[edit] Recorded by
- Lee Dorsey (1966)
- Devo (1981)
- The Judds (1985)
- Harry Connick, Jr. (2007)