['< 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 both 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 >']