Dewey Lyndon "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 The Box Tops' "Cry Like a Baby", "I'm Your Puppet", "A Woman Left Lonely" and "It Tears Me Up". Wikipedia
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A native of Center Star, Spooner Oldham gained his first recording experience as a member of the rhythm section at Fame Recording Studio in Muscle Shoals. www.alamhof.org/oldhams.htm
Spooner Oldham, veteran songwriter, is best known from his early work with Aretha Franklin, Bob Dylan, and his decades of contributions to Neil Young. His songwriting with Dan Penn, sparse and soulful keyboard performances, studio musicianship, and statu www.spooneroldham.com/
