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...

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...

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 played on...

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...

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...

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...

for the Ardent Studios in Memphis. Nix began his career playing saxophone for the Memphis-based Mar-Keys, alongside Steve Cropper and Duck Dunn. The group...

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...

keys", made of exposed ancient reef surrounded by sand: Sands Key Boca Chita Key Ragged Keys Soldier Key Key Biscayne is not one of the Florida Keys,...

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...

musician, playing the trumpet in The Mar-Keys, in the house band at Stax Records and later as one of The Memphis Horns, described as "arguably the greatest soul...

records, he was backed by the Stax house band Booker T. & the M.G.'s, a horn section featuring members of the Mar-Keys and the Memphis Horns, and pianist...

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...

His Eyes)". Stax's next major hit, The Mar-Keys' instrumental "Last Night" (also released in 1961), introduced the rawer Memphis soul sound for which...

resides on the premises. Mar-a-Lago was built for the businesswoman and socialite Marjorie Merriweather Post between 1924 and 1927, during the 1920s Florida...

the M.G.'s, and the Stax horn section, The Mar-Keys, were world-class musicians who co-wrote (often without credit) and contributed to recordings—the...

Records. Finally, the label had its first hit, courtesy of Harris' friend, Bill Black. Just as The Mar-Keys "Last Night" grew Stax Records, the success of Bill...

by Sam Moore and Dave Prater Instrumentation by Booker T. & the M.G.'s and the Mar-Keys Horns Booker T. Jones – piano Isaac Hayes – organ Steve Cropper...

write Rod Stewart's 1984 hit song, "Infatuation." Robinson recorded with The Mar-Keys and blues great Willie Cobbs, among others. Died February 26, 2008: see...

instrumental group the Mar-Keys recorded for Stax as early as 1961. Delaney and Bonnie were among the few white singers to record for the label, however. Bowman...

in the house band for Stax Records, Booker T. & the M.G.'s and thereafter as a session bassist. Mar-Keys (Great Memphis Sound, 1966) The Mar-Keys/Booker...

Records and signed the band, who had a national hit with "Last Night" in 1961 under their new name, the "Mar-Keys". Booker T. and the M.G.'s was founded...

T. & the M.G.'s and the Mar-Keys Horns[citation needed] Maxine Brown and Chuck Jackson recorded a cover in 1967, which reached number 20 on the Billboard...

Steve Cropper, Duck Dunn, and Al Jackson) and the Memphis Horns (the splinter horn section of the Mar-Keys, trumpeter Wayne Jackson and saxophonist Andrew...

Dog", a Mar-Keys song. The verse section is a variation on a blues progression, which uses the beginning eight bars of a twelve-bar blues. The song opens...

also benefited greatly from the backing of the Stax house band, Booker T. & the M.G.'s, and the Stax horn section, The Mar-Keys. These highly regarded musicians...

Revue-Norway (DVD Reelin in the Years)—Four live tracks from spring 1967 tour performing with Booker T. & The MG's and The Mar-Keys. Interviews with Sam Moore...

the United States and spawned three top-ten singles. The Diary of Alicia Keys earned Keys three Grammy Awards at the 47th Annual Grammy Awards. The album...

part-owner Estelle Axton. Axton was a former member of The Mar-Keys, as was Steve Cropper, who played on the group's first recording and hit, ostensibly recorded...

and as a member of The Mar-Keys’ horn section and the Memphis Horns. Born in Memphis, in the late 1940s he became a member of the B.B. King Review, with...