Dan Penn
USA
Born: 16 November 1941
Years Active: 60, 70, 80, 90, 2000
Styles: Roots Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock, College Rock, New Wave, Rock & Roll, Rock & Roll/Roots, Americana, Alt-Country, Alternative Country
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Songwriter/producer Dan Penn has been a quiet force behind Southern soul music for over thirty years. Always moving just out of view of the limelight, Penn has produced and written hits for the Box Tops, Solomon Burke, Aretha Franklin and Ronnie Milsap, among others. Originally from Vernon, Alabama, Penn began his career as a performer, leading several white R&B bands around the Muscle Shoals area. Achieving early success by selling a hit song to Conway Twitty ("Is a Bluebird Blue?"), the songwriter eventually moved to Memphis, joining produce...
See also
- Delbert McClinton (11)
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Influenced by
- Elvis Presley (308)
- Aretha Franklin (118)
- Ray Charles (47)
- Solomon Burke (17)
- Willie Dixon (10)
- Ike Turner (3)
- Arthur Alexander (3)
- Otis Blackwell (1)
- Billy Lee Riley (1)
- Willie Mitchell (0)
Followers
- North Mississippi Allstars (26)
- JJ Grey (9)
- Grayson Capps (8)
- Reigning Sound (4)
- Alex chilton (4)
- Jason Isbell (2)
- The Box Tops (2)
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