Dan Penn
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Biography
[Edit]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 producer Chips Moman at his American Studios. Together the two, along with Penn's writing partner, organist Spooner Oldham, wrote and/or produced several hits for the Box Tops, such as "The Letter" and "Cry Like a Baby," throughout the late '60s.
Penn eventually returned to Muscle Shoals during the period when Atlantic Records vice president Jerry Wexler was bringing acts like Aretha Franklin and Solomon Burke down from New York to record there. This led to Franklin cutting the Penn/Oldham composition "Do Right Woman," and for the next several years, Penn compositions such as "Dark End of the Street," "Woman Left Lonely" and "I'm Your Puppet" became soul classics and were recorded by such greats as James Carr, Janis Joplin and Dionne Warwick, respectively.
Never really considered a performer, in 1994 Penn released the long awaited follow up to his 1973 solo album Nobody's Fool. This album contains Penn performances of songs that others are known for such as "I'm Your Puppet," as well as new material. Moments from This Theater followed in 1999.
Title: Moments From This Theater: Dan Penn And Spooner Oldham: Live
Artist: Dan Penn, Spooner Oldham
Genre: Pop
Collections
Title: Vanthology - A Tribute to Van Morrison
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Blues, Rock, Blues Rock, Rock & Roll, Pop, Songwriter/Lyricist
Title: Adios Amigo: A Tribute to Arthur Alexander
Genre: Electronica, Pop
Title: In the Mood for Memphis
Title: Rockin' Originals - Original Versions of Famous Songs
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Blues, Rock, Pop
Title: The Memphis Giants Meet the Legends
Genre: Blues
Title: Sweet Soul - Love Songs
Title: Sounds From The South (CD 2)
Genre: Soul Jazz
Title: 500 Song Country Collection (CD 6)
Genre: Country
Title: A Road Leading Home
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Blues, Rock, Country, Pop
Title: The Complete FAME Singles Volume 1: 1964-67 (CD1)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Title: Soulful Blues 2019
Genre: Blues
Title: Greatest Ever Soul Ballads 2021
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Blues, Rock, Rock & Roll, Punk Rock, Funk
Title: The Blues For Yesterday Vol. 02 (CD1)
Genre: Blues
Title: The Melancholy Blues (CD2)
Title: The Blues For Yesterday (Vol. 03) (CD3)
Genre: Blues, Rock, Punk Rock, World Music, Folk
Title: Blues Velour (CD3)
Genre: Blues
Title: Aesthetic Blues: Modern & Old Style (CD2)
Genre: Blues
Title: 90's R&B Listen Now
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Featuring albums
Title: Chris Gaffney Tribute: The Manof Somebody's Dreams
Artist: Dave Alvin
Genre: Rock, Pop, Songwriter/Lyricist
Title: Chris Gaffney Tribute: The Man of Somebody's Dreams
Artist: Dave Alvin
Genre: Rock, World Music, Folk