Eddie Floyd

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human rhythm and blues musician singer songwriter soul musician

Eddie Floyd is an American soul and R&B singer and songwriter best known for his 1966 hit "Knock on Wood" and his influential work in the classic Stax Records era.

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Label Occurrences
Eddie Floyd canonical 9
Eddie Lee Floyd 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf human ⓘ
rhythm and blues musician ⓘ
singer ⓘ
songwriter ⓘ
soul musician ⓘ
activeYearsStart 1950s ⓘ
associatedAct Booker T. & the M.G.'s ⓘ
Booker T. & the M.G.'s ⓘ
surface form: Stax Records house band

The Falcons ⓘ
birthName Eddie Floyd self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Eddie Lee Floyd
collaboratedWith Otis Redding ⓘ
Steve Cropper ⓘ
Wilson Pickett ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1937-06-25 ⓘ
ethnicGroup Black Americans ⓘ
surface form: African American
genre Southern soul ⓘ
rhythm and blues ⓘ
soul music ⓘ
instrument vocals ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
musicScene Memphis soul ⓘ
name Eddie Floyd self-link ⓘ
notableAlbum I've Never Found a Girl (album) ⓘ
Knock on Wood ⓘ
surface form: Knock on Wood (album)
notableSingle Big Bird ⓘ
I've Never Found a Girl (To Love Me Like You Do) ⓘ
Knock on Wood ⓘ
Raise Your Hand ⓘ
notableWork Big Bird ⓘ
Knock on Wood ⓘ
Raise Your Hand ⓘ
occupation singer ⓘ
songwriter ⓘ
placeOfBirth Montgomery, Alabama ⓘ
surface form: Montgomery, Alabama, United States
recordLabel Stax Records ⓘ
residence Memphis, Tennessee, United States ⓘ
songCoveredBy Amii Stewart ⓘ
David Bowie ⓘ
Eric Clapton ⓘ
The Blues Brothers ⓘ
wasMemberOf The Falcons ⓘ
workedAt Stax Records studio ⓘ
surface form: Stax Records studio in Memphis
wroteSong 634-5789 (Soulsville, U.S.A.) ⓘ
Big Bird ⓘ
I've Never Found a Girl (To Love Me Like You Do) ⓘ
Knock on Wood ⓘ
Raise Your Hand ⓘ

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Stax Records → notableArtist → Eddie Floyd ⓘ
Hey Girl → hasNotableCoverVersionBy → Eddie Floyd ⓘ
Eddie Floyd → name → Eddie Floyd self-link ⓘ
Eddie Floyd → birthName → Eddie Floyd self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Eddie Lee Floyd
Stax studio → recordedArtist → Eddie Floyd ⓘ
Donald "Duck" Dunn → associatedAct → Eddie Floyd ⓘ
The Blues Brothers Band → hasMember → Eddie Floyd ⓘ
Steve Cropper → associatedWith → Eddie Floyd ⓘ
Steve Cropper → recordedWith → Eddie Floyd ⓘ
Stax/Volt Revue European tour → hasPerformer → Eddie Floyd ⓘ