The Mar Keys

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The Mar-Keys were an American instrumental R&B and soul group from Memphis, best known as one of the early house bands for Stax Records and for their 1961 hit "Last Night."

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Predicate Object
instanceOf R&B band ⓘ
instrumental ensemble ⓘ
musical group ⓘ
soul band ⓘ
activeInPeriod 1960s ⓘ
associatedAct Booker T. & the M.G.'s ⓘ
Stax house band ⓘ
The Memphis Horns ⓘ
basedIn Memphis, Tennessee ⓘ
linked to: Memphis
bestKnownFor being an early house band for Stax Records ⓘ
their 1961 hit Last Night ⓘ
cityOfOrigin Memphis ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
formedInDecade 1960s ⓘ
genre Memphis soul ⓘ
instrumental R&B ⓘ
rhythm and blues ⓘ
soul ⓘ
hasInfluenceOn Southern soul music ⓘ
hasMember Andrew Love ⓘ
Charlie Freeman ⓘ
Don Nix ⓘ
Donald Duck Dunn ⓘ
Gil Caple ⓘ
Jerry Lee Smoochy Smith ⓘ
Joe Arnold ⓘ
Packy Axton ⓘ
Ronnie Angel ⓘ
Steve Cropper ⓘ
Terry Johnson ⓘ
Wayne Jackson ⓘ
influencedGenre Memphis soul sound ⓘ
instrumentation bass ⓘ
drums ⓘ
guitar ⓘ
horn section ⓘ
keyboards ⓘ
languageOfWork instrumental music ⓘ
locationOfFormation Memphis, Tennessee ⓘ
linked to: Memphis
notableSong Last Night ⓘ
Morning After ⓘ
Philly Dog ⓘ
Pop-Eye Stroll ⓘ
notableWork Last Night ⓘ
partOf Stax Records studio band tradition ⓘ
recordLabel Satellite Records ⓘ
Stax Records ⓘ
role house band for Stax Records ⓘ

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