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In the 1960s and 1970s, the city was home to Hi and Stax Records, soul music record labels. Stax put out funky, distinctly Southern records by artists such as Otis Redding , Sam & Dave , Wilson Pickett , Booker T. & the M.G.'s , Rufus Thomas , Carla Thomas , William Bell , Wendy Rene , The Temprees , and The Bar-Kays ; that stood in sharp ...
Singers from Memphis, Tennessee (1 C, 82 P) Pages in category "Musicians from Memphis, Tennessee" The following 197 pages are in this category, out of 197 total.
Memphis soul, also known as the Memphis sound, is the most prominent strain of Southern soul.It is a shimmering, sultry style produced in the 1960s and 1970s at Stax Records and Hi Records in Memphis, Tennessee, featuring melodic unison horn lines, organ, guitar, bass, and a driving beat on the drums.
Dan Fogelberg – singer-songwriter of diverse musical styles, top-selling musician of 1970s–80s; Ben Folds – singer-songwriter, former frontman of Ben Folds Five; Framing Hanley – alternative rock band; Peter Frampton – English rock musician, producer, songwriter, lives in Nashville; Russ Freeman – lead of award-winning jazz band ...
He made commercials for Amoco and STP, an unpopular enterprise at the time of the 1970s energy crisis. In 1976, he made commercials for Lionel Trains , for which he also wrote the music. [ 90 ] However, his first autobiography, Man in Black , was published in 1975 and sold 1.3 million copies.
Artists who were born in, have lived in, have worked in or been involved with Tennessee. Subcategories This category has the following 10 subcategories, out of 10 total.
Outlaw country [2] is a subgenre of American country music created by a small group of artists active in the 1970s and early 1980s, known collectively as the outlaw movement, who fought for and won their creative freedom outside of the Nashville establishment that dictated the sound of most country music of the era.
Pages in category "Artists from Memphis, Tennessee" The following 24 pages are in this category, out of 24 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.