In the collection
10 records
Green Onions
Booker T. & The M.G.s, 1962
Free Live
Free, 1971
In The Midnight Hour / Land Of 1000 Dances
Wilson Pickett, 1973
Ringo
Ringo Starr, 1973
(Sittin’ On) The Dock Of The Bay / I Can’t Turn You Loose / (I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction
Otis Redding, 1974
Knock On Wood
Amii Stewart, 1978
Knebworth
Various, 1990
The Atlantic Story
Various, 1993
Green Onions / Hip Hug Her
Booker T & The MG’s
Molten Gold: The Anthology
Free
Played with
Al Jackson Jr.
5 records together
Booker T. Jones
5 records together
Booker T & The MG’s
3 records together
Wilson Pickett
3 records together
Donald “Duck” Dunn
3 records together
Lewis Steinberg
3 records together
Free
2 records together
Otis Redding
2 records together
Robert Plant
2 records together
Paul McCartney
2 records together
Paul Kossoff
2 records together
Ray Charles
2 records together
About
American guitarist, songwriter, arranger and producer, born 21 October 1941 near Dora, Missouri (USA), and died on 3 December 2025 in Nashville, Tennessee (USA).
Founding member of both The Mar-Keys (originally named The Royal Spades) in the late 1950s, and Stax’ in-house band Booker T & The MG’s in the early 1960s. Was successfully active for the label as an A&R manager, musician, one-time solo artist, engineer, producer and songwriter, co-writing classic songs such as Knock On Wood, The Dock Of The Bay and In the Midnight Hour.
He left Booker T & The MG’s and the label in 1970, to embark on a career as a session musician and producer, working with artists like Jeff Beck, Tower Of Power and Ringo Starr. In the early 1970s he belongs to the staff of Clover Recorders. In the 1980s he recorded two more solo albums. Cropper is also an original member of The Blues Brothers Band.
In the 21st Century he has kept on playing, and he has returned with solo releases or alongside Felix Cavaliere of The Rascals.
Steve Cropper Enterprises, Inc., Steve Cropper Music.