Working in the Coal Mine

Play track

  • Listeners

    46.2K

  • Scrobbles

    140.5K

  • Listeners

    46.2K

  • Scrobbles

    140.5K

Play track
  • Last.FM User
  • Last.FM User
  • Last.FM User

Join others and track this song

Scrobble, find and rediscover music with a Last.fm account

Sign Up to Last.fm
Play album
Skip to YouTube video

Replace video

Length
2:51
Lyrics

Add lyrics on Musixmatch

"Working in the Coal Mine" is a song written by the American musician and record producer Allen Toussaint that was an international hit for Lee Dorsey in 1966. The recording took place at Cosimo Matassa's Governor Nichols Street studio in the French Quarter of New Orleans. Musicians included guitarist Roy Montrell, drummer Albert "June" Gardner, and bassist Walter Payton. The song has subsequently been recorded by a number of other artists. View wiki
"Working in the Coal Mine" is a song written by the American musician and record producer Allen Toussaint that was an international hit for… read more
"Working in the Coal Mine" is a song written by the American musician and record producer Allen Toussaint that was an international hit for Lee Dorsey in 1966. The recording to… read more

Related Tags

Add tagsView all tags

Featured On

The New Lee Dorsey

72,948 listeners

137 more albums featuring this track

Similar Tracks

  1. The New Lee Dorsey Play track

  2. The Essential Lee Dorsey Play track

  3. The Ultimate Collection Play track

  4. 25 Greatest Hits Play track

  5. Singles 1968-1971 Play track

  6. Diverse / Let It Rock Play track

  7. Soul Sister - Remastered Version Play track

  8. The Man and His Music Play track

  9. The Very Best Of Booker T. & The MG's Play track

  10. The Best Of William Bell Play track

  11. Under the Boardwalk Play track

  12. Her Best Play track

Scrobble Stats

What is scrobbling?

Scrobbling is when Last.fm tracks the music you listen to and automatically adds it to your music profile.

Learn more

Recent Listening Trend

Day Listeners
14
18
20
24
26
29
21
24
20
31
25
29
22
28
22
20
25
27
21
25
28
24
16
14
23
22
20
16
16
18
18
22
23
17
13
23
24
18
18
20
18
19
20
25
29
27
26
23
16
18
19
20
26
22
18
19
22
23
11
16
21
15
21
21
23
20
24
16
20
20
17
20
25
30
19
11
15
22
22
19
24
22
23
13
22
21
17
23
21
25
18
19
22
26
20
27
25
28
21
22
27
22
18
27
15
22
17
27
21
15
26
20
14
30
28
19
19
11
21
13
18
28
20
20
26
18
16
25
29
31
23
16
18
16
29
20
11
26
27
21
20
25
19
18
23
19
13
15
15
14
16
29
15
22
16
19
17
20
21
26
14
16
20
16
16
26
28
31
17
21
20
16
19
22
15
17
16
26
29
22
28

Play this track

External Links

Shoutbox

Javascript is required to view shouts on this page. Go directly to shout page

About This Artist

Artist images

9 more

Lee Dorsey

260,921 listeners

Related Tags

Lee Dorsey (December 24, 1924 – December 2, 1986) was an American rhythm & blues singer. His biggest hits were "Ya Ya" (1961) and "Working in the Coal Mine" (1966). Much of his work was produced by Allen Toussaint with instrumental backing provided by the Meters. Born in New Orleans, Louisiana, Dorsey was a childhood friend of Fats Domino before moving to Portland, Oregon when he was ten years old. He served in the United States Navy in World War II and then began a career in prizefighting. Boxing as a lightweight in Portland in the early 1950s, he fought un… read more
Lee Dorsey (December 24, 1924 – December 2, 1986) was an American rhythm & blues singer. His biggest hits were "Ya Ya" (1961) and "Working in the Coal Mine" (1966). … read more
Lee Dorsey (December 24, 1924 – December 2, 1986) was an American rhythm & blues singer. His biggest hits were "Ya Ya" (1961) and "Working in the Coal Mine" (1966). Much of his work was produced by Allen Toussai… read more

View full artist profile

Similar Artists

  1. 253,598 listeners

    Avatar for Allen Toussaint

  2. 50,960 listeners

    Avatar for Betty Harris

  3. 67,825 listeners

    Avatar for Eddie Bo

  4. 842,446 listeners

    Avatar for Wilson Pickett

  5. 637,412 listeners

    Avatar for The Meters

  6. 244,770 listeners

    Avatar for Rufus Thomas

View all similar artists

Trending Tracks

  • 1

  • 2

  • 3

  • 4

  • 5

  • 6

View all trending tracks

API Calls

Scrobble from Spotify?

Connect your Spotify account to your Last.fm account and scrobble everything you listen to, from any Spotify app on any device or platform.

Connect to Spotify

Dismiss