Yes We Can Can
Lee Dorsey’s 1970 recording of “Yes We Can Can” is the earliest release on file. Allen Toussaint is credited as its writer. Also recorded by The Pointer Sisters (released 1973), Allen Toussaint (released 2005) and John Martyn (released 2003), among 73 recordings of this work on MusicBrainz. Big Daddy Kane’s “3 Forties and a Bottle of Moet” (1994) samples it, per MusicBrainz.
Under Kane's track sits "Yes We Can Can," which Lee Dorsey put out in 1970 on an Allen Toussaint song. The Pointer Sisters took a run at it too, and Toussaint eventually recorded it himself, so there's a whole family tree behind that loop.
Credited writer: Allen Toussaint.
Earliest release on file: this one, 1970.
Big Daddy Kane’s “3 Forties and a Bottle of Moet” (1994) samples it, per MusicBrainz.
- The Pointer Sisters1973
- Mel & Tim1973
- José Feliciano1973
- John Martyn2003
- Allen Toussaint2005
73 recordings of this work on MusicBrainz.
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