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Dan Penn
Dan Penn
American musician
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Roger Hawkins
Roger Hawkins
American drummer
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Barry Beckett
Barry Beckett
American keyboardist, session musician, record producer, and studio founder
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David Hood
David Hood
American bass player, Muscle Shoals session player
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Wayne Jackson
Wayne Jackson
American musician
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Andrew Love
Andrew Love
American musician
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Wilson Pickett
Wilson Pickett
American singer and songwriter
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Jerry Wexler
Jerry Wexler
American music journalist and producer
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Jimmy Johnson
Jimmy Johnson
American musician (1943-2019)
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Steve Cropper
Steve Cropper
American guitarist, songwriter and record producer
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Tommy Cogbill
Tommy Cogbill
American musician
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Al Jackson Jr.
Al Jackson Jr.
American musician and record producer
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Donnie Fritts
Donnie Fritts
American musician
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Charles Chalmers
Charles Chalmers
musician
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Donald Dunn
Donald Dunn
American bass guitarist (1941-2012)
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George Jackson
George Jackson
American Rhythm & Blues and soul singer and songwriter
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Eddie Floyd
Eddie Floyd
American singer
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Sweet Inspirations
Sweet Inspirations
American R&B vocal group
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Jimmy Hughes
Jimmy Hughes
American former rhythm and blues singer
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Arthur Alexander
Arthur Alexander
American country songwriter and soul singer
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King Curtis
King Curtis
American saxophonist (1934-1971)
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Bettye LaVette
Bettye LaVette
American soul singer-songwriter
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Jim Keltner
Jim Keltner
American session drummer
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Floyd Newman
Floyd Newman
American musician
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The Memphis Horns
The Memphis Horns
American horn section
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David Briggs
David Briggs
American keyboardist, record producer, arranger, composer and studio owner
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Booker T. & the M.G.'s
Booker T. & the M.G.'s
American musical group; R& B/funk band
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Eddie Hinton
Eddie Hinton
American songwriter and session musician
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Chris Parker
Chris Parker
American drummer
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Aretha Franklin
Aretha Franklin
American singer, songwriter, and pianist
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Bert Berns
Bert Berns
American songwriter and record producer of the 1960s
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James & Bobby Purify
James & Bobby Purify
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Jon Landau
Jon Landau
American music critic, manager, and record producer
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Tracy Nelson
Tracy Nelson
American singer
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Rick Vito
Rick Vito
American musician
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Gene "Bowlegs" Miller
Gene "Bowlegs" Miller
American musician
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Waddy Wachtel
Waddy Wachtel
American musician, composer and record producer
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Bernard Purdie
Bernard Purdie
American drummer
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Tommy Tedesco
Tommy Tedesco
American guitarist
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Sam & Dave
Sam & Dave
American soul and R&B duo
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Samuel David Moore
Samuel David Moore
American musician
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Mike Campbell
Mike Campbell
American musician
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Jim Kweskin
Jim Kweskin
American musician
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Don Covay
Don Covay
American musician
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Arif Mardin
Arif Mardin
Turkish-American songwriter & record producer
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James Hutchinson
James Hutchinson
American musician
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Haywood Henry
Haywood Henry
American jazz baritone saxophonist
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Joe South
Joe South
US singer, songwriter and guitarist
Spooner Oldham
American songwriter and session musician

Spooner Oldham

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American songwriter and session musician

Dewey Lindon "Spooner" Oldham (born June 14, 1943) is an American songwriter and session musician. An organist, he recorded in Muscle Shoals, Alabama, at FAME Studios as part of the Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section on such hit R&B songs as Percy Sledge's "When a Man Loves a Woman", Wilson Pickett's "Mustang Sally", and Aretha Franklin's "I Never Loved a Man".

As a songwriter, Oldham teamed with Dan Penn to write such hits as "Cry Like a Baby" (the Box Tops), "I'm Your Puppet" (James and Bobby Purify), and "A Woman Left Lonely" and "It Tears Me Up" (Percy Sledge).