<sod>'''''Southern Nights''''' is a 1975 [[Rhythm and blues|R&B]] [[concept album]] by [[Rock and Roll Hall of Fame]]r [[Allen Toussaint]].<ref name=AMG/><ref name=Billboard>{{cite journal |last=Holland |first=Bill |date=24 September 2005|title=Q&A Allen Toussaint |journal=Billboard Magazine |volume=117 |issue=39 |pages=20 |issn=0006-2510 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AhYEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA20&dq=Toussaint+%22Southern+Nights%22 |accessdate=2009-06-28}}</ref> Seminal to the development of [[New Orleans]] R&B,<ref>{{cite news | url = http://www.nytimes.com/1984/07/23/arts/jazz-allen-toussaint-plays-solo-piano-at-the-public.html?sec=&spon= | title = Allen Toussaint plays solo piano at the public | last = Pareles | first = Jon | date = July 23, 1984 | work = [[New York Times]] | accessdate = 2009-06-28}}</ref> Toussaint incorporated into the album elements of [[funk]] and [[soul music]], while, according to [[Allmusic]], suggesting [[neo-psychedelia]].<ref name=AMG/> Two [[Single (music)|singles]] were released in support of the album, "Country John" backed with "When the Party's Over" and "[[Southern Nights (song)|Southern Nights]]"—Toussaint's signature song—backed with "Out of the City". Although neither single [[Record chart|charted]] for Toussaint, "Southern Nights" as later covered by [[Glen Campbell]] in 1977 reached number one in [[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard's]] [[Hot Country Songs|country]], [[Billboard Hot 100|pop]] and [[Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks|adult contemporary]] charts.<ref name=SN>{{cite web | url = {{Allmusic|class=song|id=t384233|pure_url=yes}} | title = Southern Nights | last = Hogan | first= Ed | publisher = Allmusic | accessdate = 2009-06-28}}</ref> Released in May 1975 by [[Reprise Records]], the album has been subsequently reissued multiple times on both [[gramophone record|LP]] and [[compact disc|CD]].<ref name=GRD>{{cite book | last = Strong | first = Martin Charles | coauthors = John (FRW) Peel | title = The Great Rock Discography | edition = 6 | publisher = The National Academies | year = 2002 | isbn = 1-84195-312-1 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=sgbgs2dEPfAC&pg=PT1083&dq=%22Southern+Nights%22+Toussaint}}</ref><eod>
<sod>'''''Southern Nights''''' is a 1975 [[Rhythm and blues|R&B]] [[concept album]] by [[Allen Toussaint]].<ref name=AMG/><ref name=Billboard>{{cite journal |last=Holland |first=Bill |date=24 September 2005|title=Q&A Allen Toussaint |journal=Billboard Magazine |volume=117 |issue=39 |pages=20 |issn=0006-2510 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AhYEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA20&dq=Toussaint+%22Southern+Nights%22 |accessdate=2009-06-28}}</ref> Seminal to the development of [[New Orleans]] R&B,<ref>{{cite news | url = http://www.nytimes.com/1984/07/23/arts/jazz-allen-toussaint-plays-solo-piano-at-the-public.html?sec=&spon= | title = Allen Toussaint plays solo piano at the public | last = Pareles | first = Jon | date = July 23, 1984 | work = [[New York Times]] | accessdate = 2009-06-28}}</ref> Toussaint incorporated into the album elements of [[funk]] and [[soul music]], while, according to [[Allmusic]], suggesting [[neo-psychedelia]].<ref name=AMG/> Two [[Single (music)|singles]] were released in support of the album, "Country John" backed with "When the Party's Over" and "[[Southern Nights (song)|Southern Nights]]"—Toussaint's signature song—backed with "Out of the City". Although neither single [[Record chart|charted]] for Toussaint, "Southern Nights" as later covered by [[Glen Campbell]] in 1977 reached number one in [[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard's]] [[Hot Country Songs|country]], [[Billboard Hot 100|pop]] and [[Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks|adult contemporary]] charts.<ref name=SN>{{cite web | url = {{Allmusic|class=song|id=t384233|pure_url=yes}} | title = Southern Nights | last = Hogan | first= Ed | publisher = Allmusic | accessdate = 2009-06-28}}</ref> Released in May 1975 by [[Reprise Records]], the album has been subsequently reissued multiple times on both [[gramophone record|LP]] and [[compact disc|CD]].<ref name=GRD>{{cite book | last = Strong | first = Martin Charles | coauthors = John (FRW) Peel | title = The Great Rock Discography | edition = 6 | publisher = The National Academies | year = 2002 | isbn = 1-84195-312-1 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=sgbgs2dEPfAC&pg=PT1083&dq=%22Southern+Nights%22+Toussaint}}</ref><eod>