While that single was still climbing the charts, Paul McCartney and Wings descended on the studio to record their critically acclaimed LP Venus and Mars. When “Lady Marmalade” was released it became a massive hit, reaching #1 on both the R&B and pop charts, and putting Sea-Saint squarely on the map. People were definitely paying attention and, that fall, Epic Records hired Toussaint to produce their newly signed girl group, LaBelle. John’s Desitively Bonnaroo and The Meters’ Rejuvenation.

With state-of-the-art equipment and top-notch engineers Ken Laxton and Roberta Grace, Toussaint christened the studio by producing two landmark 1974 albums, Dr. When Sea-Saint opened its doors in the fall, the stage was set to take New Orleans music to the next level.

In The Right Place, the resulting LP (and single of the same name), took the country by storm, soaring into the Billboard Top 10 that summer. In early 1973, while Sea-Saint (an acronym loosely based on the owner’s last names) was still under construction, Atlantic Records brought The Meters and Toussaint to Criterion Studios in Miami to work with Dr. In 1972, both The Meters and Allen Toussaint would sign with Warner Bros., a move that enabled Sansu to begin work on their own studio here at 3809 Clematis Street. By 1970, after a string of hit records by The Meters (who had become Sansu’s house band), the industry began to take notice. Toussaint’s creative genius as a songwriter and producer, along with Sehorn’s considerable connections in the music business, combined to make them a force to be reckoned with. In 1965, Allen Toussaint and Marshall Sehorn formed a production company named Sansu Enterprises.

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