Spooner Oldham
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American songwriter and session musician
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Spooner Oldham, born Dewey Lindon Oldham Jr. in 1943, is an American songwriter, pianist, composer, and lyricist. He began his work period in 1960 and is known for his skills on the organ and keyboard instruments. A male vocalist, he is also recognized as a singer-songwriter within the country and folk rock genres.
Oldham is a member of The Stray Gators and has been recognized in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame collection. He speaks English and uses the pseudonym and nickname Spooner. His professional contributions are categorized under music and keyboard instruments.
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Dewey Lindon "Spooner" Oldham (born June 14, 1943) is an American songwriter and session musician. An organist, he recorded in Muscle Shoals, Alabama and at FAME Studios on such hit R&B songs as "When a Man Loves a Woman" by Percy Sledge, "Mustang Sally" by Wilson Pickett and "I Never Loved a Man" by Aretha Franklin. As a songwriter, Spooner 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), "A Woman Left Lonely" and
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Occupation
- lyricist
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Field of work
- keyboard instrument
- Instrument
- organ
- Image
- Spooner Oldham in 2009.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1943-06-14
- pseudonym
- Spooner Oldham
- nickname
- Spooner
- birth name
- Dewey Lindon Oldham Jr.
- start of work period
- 1960-00-00
- member of
- The Stray Gators
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