The Mar-Keys

Not to be confused with the Bar-Kays, a soul/funk band.

Steve Cropper of The Blues Brothers band at Hamar Music Festival 2007, in Hamar, Hedmark, Norway

The Mar-Keys, formed in 1958, were an American studio session band for Stax Records, in Memphis, Tennessee, in the 1960s.[1] As the first house band for the label, their backing music formed the foundation for the early 1960s Stax sound.[2]

  1. ^ Colin Larkin, ed. (1997). The Virgin Encyclopedia of Popular Music (Concise ed.). Virgin Books. pp. 795/6. ISBN 1-85227-745-9.
  2. ^ Ankeny, Jason. "Artist Biography". AllMusic. Retrieved January 28, 2022.