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    The Mar-Keys, formed in 1958, were an American studio session band for Stax Records, in Memphis, Tennessee, in the 1960s. As the first house band for the...
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  • recorded by The Mar-Keys. Released in 1961, the track appeared on Last Night!, the first LP released by the Stax label. The label of the single gives...
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    and Al Jackson Jr. (drums). In the 1960s, as members of the Mar-Keys, the rotating slate of musicians that served as the house band of Stax Records, they...
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  • bandleader, who was a member of the Mar-Keys and later the Packers. Charles Everett "Packy" Axton was born in Memphis, Tennessee, the son of Everett and Estelle...
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  • their system had 12 keys, including keys that considered the number of terms the incumbent party had held the presidency, and if the incumbent party had...
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  • a live album by the Mar-Keys and Booker T & the M.G.'s, released on Stax Records in 1967. It features both groups playing live on the Stax/Volt package...
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  • instrumental band, the Royal Spades. Changing their name to the Mar-Keys, the band recorded and issued the single "Last Night", which shot to #3 on the US pop charts...
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    of the Bill Doggett band. Cropper and guitarist Charlie Freeman formed the Royal Spades, who eventually became the Mar-Keys. The name referred to the marquee...
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  • Jackson on trumpet and Andrew Love on tenor saxophone. An "offshoot of the Mar-Keys", they continued to work together for over 30 years. They lent their...
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  • Green Onions (album) (category Booker T. & the M.G.'s albums)
    LPs – two by the Mar-Keys, one by Carla Thomas – had been issued on Atlantic Records. Green Onions was the first album released on the Stax label. It was...
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