Don Covay

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human rhythm and blues musician singer-songwriter soul musician

Don Covay was an influential American R&B and soul singer-songwriter known for his gritty vocal style and for writing hits for himself and other major artists in the 1960s and 1970s.

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Label Occurrences
Don Covay canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf human ⓘ
rhythm and blues musician ⓘ
singer-songwriter ⓘ
soul musician ⓘ
activeYearsEnd 2000s ⓘ
activeYearsStart 1950s ⓘ
associatedAct Aretha Franklin ⓘ
Little Richard ⓘ
The Goodtimers ⓘ
birthName Donald James Randolph ⓘ
causeOfDeath stroke-related complications ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1936-03-24 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 2015-01-31 ⓘ
ethnicity African-American ⓘ
familyName Randolph ⓘ
genre rhythm and blues ⓘ
soul music ⓘ
givenName Donald ⓘ
influenced Mick Jagger ⓘ
The Rolling Stones ⓘ
influencedGenre rhythm and blues ⓘ
soul music ⓘ
memberOf The Goodtimers ⓘ
movement 1960s soul ⓘ
Southern soul ⓘ
name Don Covay self-link ⓘ
notableFor gritty, expressive vocal delivery ⓘ
writing hits for other major artists in the 1960s and 1970s ⓘ
notableSongAsPerformer I Was Checkin’ Out, She Was Checkin’ In ⓘ
Mercy, Mercy ⓘ
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notableWork Chain of Fools ⓘ
Mercy, Mercy ⓘ
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occupation singer ⓘ
songwriter ⓘ
placeOfBirth Orangeburg, South Carolina ⓘ
surface form: Orangeburg, South Carolina, United States
placeOfDeath Franklin Square ⓘ
surface form: Franklin Square, New York, United States
recordLabel Atlantic Records ⓘ
Mercury Records ⓘ
Rosemart Records ⓘ
songCoveredBy Aretha Franklin ⓘ
Otis Redding ⓘ
The Rolling Stones ⓘ
vocalStyle gritty vocal style ⓘ
wroteSong Chain of Fools ⓘ
Mercy, Mercy ⓘ
See Saw ⓘ
surface form: See-Saw

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Chain of Fools → composer → Don Covay ⓘ
Chain of Fools → lyricist → Don Covay ⓘ
Don Covay → name → Don Covay self-link ⓘ