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Spooner Oldham | |
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 Oldham in 2009 in Muscle Shoals, Alabama | |
| Background information | |
| Birth name | Dewey Lindon Oldham Jr. |
| Born | June 14, 1943 Center Star, Alabama United States |
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| Years active | 1960s–present |
| Website | spooneroldhammusic |
Dewey "Spooner" Lindon Oldham Jr. (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.
- ^ Kurutz, Steve. "Spooner Oldham Biography". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 10 March 2014.