Steve Cropper

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guitarist human record producer songwriter

Steve Cropper is an American guitarist, songwriter, and producer best known for his influential work at Stax Records and as a key architect of the classic soul and R&B sound of the 1960s.

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Label Occurrences
Steve Cropper canonical 38
Steven Lee Cropper 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf guitarist ⓘ
human ⓘ
record producer ⓘ
songwriter ⓘ
activeYearsStart 1950s ⓘ
associatedWith Al Jackson Jr. ⓘ
Booker T. Jones ⓘ
Donald "Duck" Dunn ⓘ
Eddie Floyd ⓘ
Otis Redding ⓘ
Sam & Dave ⓘ
Wilson Pickett ⓘ
basedIn Memphis, Tennessee, United States ⓘ
birthName Steve Cropper self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Steven Lee Cropper
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1941-10-21 ⓘ
employer Stax Records ⓘ
genre blues ⓘ
rhythm and blues ⓘ
rock ⓘ
soul ⓘ
hallOfFameInduction Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ⓘ
Songwriters Hall of Fame ⓘ
influencedGenre Southern soul ⓘ
rhythm and blues ⓘ
soul music ⓘ
instrument guitar ⓘ
isKnownFor shaping the Memphis soul sound ⓘ
work at Stax Records ⓘ
memberOf Booker T. & the M.G.'s ⓘ
The Blues Brothers Band ⓘ
name Steve Cropper self-link ⓘ
notableWork Booker T. & the M.G.'s ⓘ
surface form: Green Onions (as member of Booker T. & the M.G.'s)

The Dock of the Bay (as co-writer and guitarist) ⓘ
occupation guitarist ⓘ
record producer ⓘ
songwriter ⓘ
placeOfBirth Dora, Missouri, United States ⓘ
recordedWith Eddie Floyd ⓘ
Otis Redding ⓘ
Sam & Dave ⓘ
Wilson Pickett ⓘ
style economical rhythm guitar playing ⓘ
tasteful melodic fills ⓘ
wroteOrCoWrote (Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay ⓘ
Green Onions ⓘ
In the Midnight Hour ⓘ
Knock on Wood ⓘ
Soul Man ⓘ

Referenced by (39)

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Booker T. & the M.G.'s → member → Steve Cropper ⓘ
The Blues Brothers → hasMember → Steve Cropper ⓘ
subject surface form: The Blues Brothers Band
Jeff Beck → influencedBy → Steve Cropper ⓘ
Wilson Pickett → associatedAct → Steve Cropper ⓘ
Hold On, I’m Coming → producer → Steve Cropper ⓘ
(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay → writer → Steve Cropper ⓘ
(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay → producer → Steve Cropper ⓘ
I've Been Loving You Too Long → producer → Steve Cropper ⓘ
Mr. Pitiful → writer → Steve Cropper ⓘ
Mr. Pitiful → hasSongwriterCredit → Steve Cropper ⓘ
Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa (Sad Song) → writer → Steve Cropper ⓘ
Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa (Sad Song) → producer → Steve Cropper ⓘ
album Otis Blue/Otis Redding Sings Soul → producer → Steve Cropper ⓘ
subject surface form: Otis Blue/Otis Redding Sings Soul
album The Dock of the Bay → producer → Steve Cropper ⓘ
subject surface form: The Dock of the Bay
Jim Stewart → collaboratedWith → Steve Cropper ⓘ
Eddie Floyd → collaboratedWith → Steve Cropper ⓘ
Green Onions → composer → Steve Cropper ⓘ
Green Onions → performer → Steve Cropper ⓘ
Time Is Tight → composer → Steve Cropper ⓘ
Time Is Tight → performer → Steve Cropper ⓘ
Hip Hug-Her → featuresMusician → Steve Cropper ⓘ
Soul Limbo → composer → Steve Cropper ⓘ
Soul Limbo → performer → Steve Cropper ⓘ
Hang 'Em High → arranger → Steve Cropper ⓘ
Hang 'Em High → performerMember → Steve Cropper ⓘ
The Blues Brothers Band → hasMember → Steve Cropper ⓘ
Soul Dressing → performer → Steve Cropper ⓘ
And Now! → performer → Steve Cropper ⓘ
Doin' Our Thing → producer → Steve Cropper ⓘ
Doin' Our Thing → performer → Steve Cropper ⓘ
The Queen Alone (album) → producer → Steve Cropper ⓘ
subject surface form: The Queen Alone
King & Queen (album with Otis Redding) → producer → Steve Cropper ⓘ
subject surface form: King & Queen
The Mar-Keys → member → Steve Cropper ⓘ
Steve Cropper → name → Steve Cropper self-link ⓘ
Steve Cropper → birthName → Steve Cropper self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Steven Lee Cropper
Briefcase Full of Blues → featuresMusician → Steve Cropper ⓘ
Made in America (album) → hasPerformer → Steve Cropper ⓘ
subject surface form: Made in America
You Don't Know Like I Know → producer → Steve Cropper ⓘ
The Great Otis Redding Sings Soul Ballads → producer → Steve Cropper ⓘ