Spooner Oldham
Songwriter, Composer
1943 –
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Who is Spooner Oldham?
Dewey Lindon "Spooner" Oldham is an American songwriter and session musician. An organist, he recorded in Muscle Shoals, Alabama and at FAME Studios on such hit R&B songs as "When a Man Loves a Woman" by Percy Sledge, "Mustang Sally" by Wilson Pickett and "I Never Loved a Man" by Aretha Franklin.
As a songwriter, Spooner Oldham teamed with Dan Penn to write such hits as "Cry Like a Baby", "I'm Your Puppet", "A Woman Left Lonely" and "It Tears Me Up".
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- Born
- Jun 14, 1943
Alabama - Also known as
- Dewey Lindon Oldham, Jr.
- Dewey Lindon "Spooner" Oldham
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
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on July 23, 2013
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