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John Starks

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Also known as John Levell Starks

American basketball player

Person · Open Library

Works
2

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Country
US
Active from
1963-08-23

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
23
Total plays
47

John Henry "Jabo" Starks (October 26, 1938 – May 1, 2018) was an American funk and blues drummer best known for playing with James Brown. Starks played on many of Brown's biggest hits, either as the sole drummer or in tandem with Clyde Stubblefield, including "The Payback", "Sex Machine", "Super Bad", and "Talkin' Loud and Sayin' Nothing". He also backed many of the artists produced or managed by Brown, most notably Lyn Collins, The JBs, and Bobby Byrd. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/John+S

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Sports profile

Sport
Basketball
Position
Shooting Guard
Nationality
United States

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
John
Gender
male
Citizenship
United States
Place of birth
Tulsa
Native language
English language
Position played
shooting guard
Country for sport
United States
Mass
82
Image
Lipofsky-John Starks.jpg
Height
191
Convicted of
robbery
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date of birth
1965-08-10
Commons category
John Starks (basketball)
end of work period
2002-00-00
start of work period
1988-00-00
influenced by
Julius Erving
Sources (4)

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