David Hood The Quiet Genius of the Bass
David Hood was born in Sheffield, in the Shoals area, in 1943. He learned to play a variety of instruments...
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Roger Hawkins The Subtle Architect of Groove
Roger Hawkins was born in 1945 in Mishawaka, Indiana. He grew up in a town called Greenhill in Alabama, around...
Spooner Oldham: Making the Difference
Dewey Lindon Oldham Jr. was born in Center Star, Alabama, in 1943. His father played mandolin and encouraged Dewey to...
Dan Penn: From Muscle Shoals to Memphis
Wallace Daniel Pennington was born in a small farming community called Molloy in 1941. In 1957 his family moved to...
Recorded In Hollywood Records
The “Recorded In Hollywood” label was founded in Los Angeles in 1948 by John Dolphin, a Black record store entrepreneur....
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