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Biography
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The Mar-Keys
Effective period / Period of releases: 1961 - 2003
Members: Isaac Hayes, Booker T. Jones, Wayne Jackson, Steve Cropper, Donald "Duck" Dunn, Don Nix, Charlie Freeman, Al Jackson Jr., Charles Axton, Joe Arnold, Floyd Newman, Jerald Smith, Rick Keefer, Ronnie Stoots, Terry Johnson (12)
Rhythm & blues group, formed 1958 in Memphis, Tennessee.The Mar-Keys (originally named The Royal Spades) were the backing band on many early Stax releases but also recorded singles of their own. In 1962 the rhythm section more or less evolved into Booker T & The MG's and later the horn section into The Memphis Horns.
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