Don Nix

Person · Open Library

Born

1941

Works

1

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type

Person

Country

US

Active from

1941-09-27

Active to

2024-12-31

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners

4,558

Total plays

35,701

Don Nix is a songwriter, composer, arranger, musician, and author. Although cited as being "obscure", he is a key figure in several genres of Southern Rock and Soul, R&B, and the Blues. He was instrumental in the creation of the trademark "Memphis soul" and Stax Records. A native of Memphis, Tennessee, Nix began his career playing saxophone for The Mar-Keys, which also featured Steve Cropper, Duck Dunn and others. The hit instrumental single Last Night (composed by the band as a whole) was the

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

1. Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 354 diseases and injuries for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017

   · 2018 · cited 10,994x

2. Global and regional mortality from 235 causes of death for 20 age groups in 1990 and 2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010

   · 2012 · cited 10,800x

3. A comparative risk assessment of burden of disease and injury attributable to 67 risk factors and risk factor clusters in 21 regions, 1990–2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010

   · 2012 · cited 9,260x

4. The Sloan Digital Sky Survey: Technical Summary

   · 2000 · cited 8,917x

5. Preliminary reference Earth model

   · 1981 · cited 8,450x

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Music

Wikidata facts

Instance of

human

Given name

Donald

Gender

male

Citizenship

United States

Place of birth

Memphis

Place of death

Germantown

Occupation

saxophonist

Languages spoken

English language

Genre

rhythm and blues

Instrument

saxophone

Image

DonNix2013.jpg

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