(1943-06-14) June 14, 1943 (age 80) Center Star, Alabama United States
Genres
R&B
soul
rock
Occupation(s)
Songwriter
session musician
Instrument(s)
Keyboards
Years active
1960s–present
Website
spooneroldhammusic.com
Musical artist
Dewey Lindon Oldham, Jr. "Spooner Oldham" (born June 14, 1943)[1][2] 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 (The Way I Love You)". 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).[3]
^"Spooner Oldham's Concert & Tour History | Concert Archives". Concertarchives.org. Retrieved 2 October 2021.
^"spooner oldham". Light In The Attic Records. Retrieved 2 October 2021.
Dewey Lindon Oldham, Jr. "SpoonerOldham" (born June 14, 1943) is an American songwriter and session musician. An organist, he recorded in Muscle Shoals...
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Right Woman, Do Right Man" with Chips Moman and "Cry Like a Baby" with SpoonerOldham. Penn also produced many hits, including "The Letter", by The Box Tops...
played fiddle. J.J. Cale played a guitar on it. Ben Keith played steel. SpoonerOldham played piano. There was a rhythm guitar section with six great guitarists...
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the same year. The mostly solo album features Charlie Musselwhite and SpoonerOldham on some tracks. 2006: The song "Goin' Fast" was featured in NASCAR 07...
helping to record the album was Patterson Hood of Drive by Truckers and SpoonerOldham, famous for his work with Aretha Franklin and Neil Young. According...
Young reconvened The Stray Gators for his 1992 Harvest Moon album, with SpoonerOldham replacing Nitzsche on keyboards. Nitzsche, however, did arrange the...
David, Lee Diamond) 2:20 "Don't Lose Your Good Thing" – (Rick Hall, SpoonerOldham) 2:26 "It Hurts Me So Much" – (Charles Chalmers) 2:34 "Just a Little...
frequenting these rooms were future musical elites, such as Donnie Fritts, SpoonerOldham, Terry Thompson and Dan Penn. Stafford and Sherrill later terminated...
percussion David Hood - bass guitar Jimmy Johnson - rhythm guitar SpoonerOldham - organ, electric piano Muscle Shoals Horn Section (track 3) Harrison...
with longtime collaborators Ben Keith, Tim Drummond, Karl T. Himmel, SpoonerOldham and Rufus Thibodeaux, who had all previously backed Young on Comes a...
She toured and performed with her band The Survivors, which includes SpoonerOldham on piano, Rick Rosas on bass, Kelvin Holly on guitar and drummer Phil...
Pale" by Procol Harum; and songs written by their producers, Dan Penn, SpoonerOldham, and Chips Moman. Vocalist Alex Chilton went on to front the power pop...
"Take Time to Know Her" (Steve Davis) 2:55 "Feed The Flame" (Dan Penn, SpoonerOldham) 2:20 "Sudden Stop" (Bobby Russell) 2:45 "Come Softly To Me" (Barbara...
included guest appearances by Willie Nelson, Kris Kristofferson, Dan Penn, SpoonerOldham, Waylon Jennings, Delbert McClinton, Tony Joe White, Leroy Parnell &...
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