Art Neville
Encyclopedia
Art Neville is an American
singer and keyboardist
from New Orleans.
, and also continues to play with the spinoff group the Funky Meters along with his son Ian on guitar.
As a session musician
, he has played on recordings by many notable artists from New Orleans and elsewhere, including Labelle
(on "Lady Marmalade
"), Paul McCartney
, Lee Dorsey
, Dr. John
and Professor Longhair
.
Art's daughter, Arthel Neville
is a journalist and television personality.
United States
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singer and keyboardist
Keyboardist
A keyboardist is a musician who plays keyboard instruments. Until the early 1960s musicians who played keyboards were generally classified as either pianists or organists. Since the mid-1960s, a plethora of new musical instruments with keyboards have come into common usage, requiring a more...
from New Orleans.
History
Neville is a part of one of the most famous musical families of New Orleans, the Neville Brothers. He was also a founding member of The MetersThe Meters
The Meters are an American funk band based in New Orleans, Louisiana. The Meters performed and recorded their own music from the late 1960s until 1977...
, and also continues to play with the spinoff group the Funky Meters along with his son Ian on guitar.
As a session musician
Session musician
Session musicians are instrumental and vocal performers, musicians, who are available to work with others at live performances or recording sessions. Usually such musicians are not permanent members of a musical ensemble and often do not achieve fame in their own right as soloists or bandleaders...
, he has played on recordings by many notable artists from New Orleans and elsewhere, including Labelle
Labelle
Labelle is an American all female singing group who were a popular vocal group of the 1960s and 1970s. The group was formed after the disbanding of two rival girl groups in the Philadelphia/Trenton areas, the Ordettes and the Del-Capris, forming as a new version of the former group, later changing...
(on "Lady Marmalade
Lady Marmalade
"Lady Marmalade" was also covered by Italian pop star Sabrina. It was released in 1987 as the album's second single by Baby Records. In some countries, including France and the Netherlands, the song was known as "Voulez-vous coucher avec moi? " and was released in 1988.-Track listings:7" maxi#...
"), Paul McCartney
Paul McCartney
Sir James Paul McCartney, MBE, Hon RAM, FRCM is an English musician, singer-songwriter and composer. Formerly of The Beatles and Wings , McCartney is listed in Guinness World Records as the "most successful musician and composer in popular music history", with 60 gold discs and sales of 100...
, Lee Dorsey
Lee Dorsey
Lee Dorsey was an African American pop/R&B singer during the 1960s. Much of his work was produced by Allen Toussaint with instrumental backing provided by the Meters.-Career:...
, Dr. John
Dr. John
Malcolm John "Mac" Rebennack, Jr. , better known by the stage name Dr. John , is an American singer-songwriter, pianist and guitarist, whose music combines blues, pop, jazz as well as Zydeco, boogie woogie and rock and roll.Active as a session musician since the late 1950s, he came to wider...
and Professor Longhair
Professor Longhair
Professor Longhair was a New Orleans blues singer and pianist...
.
Art's daughter, Arthel Neville
Arthel Neville
Arthel Neville , is an American journalist and television personality.Arthel is the daughter of Art Neville, founder of the New Orleans music groups The Meters and The Neville Brothers.-Biography:...
is a journalist and television personality.
Singles
- 1954 "Mardi Gras MamboMardi Gras Mambo"Mardi Gras Mambo" is one of the iconic songs frequently played during the New Orleans Mardi Gras. It was written in 1953 by Frankie Adams and Lou Welsch, and originally recorded as a country and western single by Jodie Levens. Huey Bourgeois was the original guitarist...
" / "Your Time's Up" (Chess 1591) (with the Hawketts) - 1957 "Oooh-Whee Baby" / "The Whiffenpoof Song" (Specialty 592)
- 1958 "Cha Dooky Do" / "Zing Zing" (Specialty 637)
- 1959 "What's Going On" / "Arabian Love Call" (Specialty 656)
- 1961 "Too Much" / "That Rock 'n' Roll Beat" (Instant 3236)
- 1962 "All These Things" / "Come Back Love" (Instant 3246)
- 1963 "You Won't Do Right" / "Skeet Skat" (Instant 3256)
- 1963 "Lover of Love (Part 1)" / "Lover of Love (Part 2)" (Cinderella 1201)
- 1963 "My Babe" / "My Dear Dearest Darling" (Cinderella 1400)
- 1963 "My Dear Dearest Darling" / "Little Liza Jane" (Cinderella 1401)
- 1966 "Buy Me A Rainbow" / "Hook Line and Sinker" (Instant 3276)
- 1966 "House on The Hill (Rock 'n' Roll Hootenanny" / "Darling, Don't Leave Me This Way" (Instant 3281")
- 1968 "Bo Diddley (part 1)" / "Bo Diddley (part 2)" (Sansu 481) (with The Meters)
- 1968 "Heartaches" / "I'm Gonna Put Some Hurt On You" (Sansu 482) (with The Meters)
Other Contributions
- 2007 Goin' Home: A Tribute to Fats DominoGoin' Home: A Tribute to Fats DominoGoin' Home: A Tribute to Fats Domino is a 2007 tribute album by various artists to Fats Domino, issued by Vanguard Records.-History:In contrast to an earlier tribute album, That's Fats: A Tribute to Fats Domino , which mostly contained previously released cover versions, Goin' Home: A Tribute to...
(VanguardVanguard RecordsVanguard Records is a record label set up in 1950 by brothers Maynard and Seymour Solomon in New York. It started as a classical label, but is perhaps best known for its catalogue of recordings by a number of pivotal folk and blues artists from the 1960s; the Bach Guild was a subsidiary...
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